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Karina Yan Glaser

Författare till The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

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Foto taget av: reading at 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival By Slowking4 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69292193

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The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are.

And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 35 andra recensioner | Mar 13, 2024 |
A sweet and satisfying end to the series. If you haven't met the Vanderbeekers, I highly recommend that you start at the beginning, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, and meet this warm and loving family and experience all of their adventures together.
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foggidawn | 5 andra recensioner | Feb 8, 2024 |
Sweet family story of siblings trying to save their home. Christmas miracles occur. It is an easy book to add to contemporary kidlit and for penderwicks read alikes. It is not my favorite genre, and was a little syrupy for my tastes, but i can see it's appeal and am glad it is part of my collection.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 35 andra recensioner | Jan 13, 2024 |
As an adult reader, this felt very didactic to me. Like when Tyrell overheard the "slick voice" man talking about his dastardly plans to move families out of the shelter faster (p. 99) I rolled my eyes so hard they almost fell out of my head. It was like a scene from Scooby-Doo. I also didn't like that Tyrell's mom seemed like a stereotype of a lazy welfare mom. I read another review that pointed out that this book has attractive virtuous characters and unattractive evil characters (e.g. Ms. G = attractive/good; MacVillain = unattractive/bad) which again plays into stereotypes.

But I think many young readers will learn something new about homelessness from this book and be drawn into the injustice/activism angle (though it does take a while for the plot to get going). I liked that the characters had more going on than just being homeless (a shared love of classical music). The audiobook had dual narrators for June and Tyrell and both were good.

If you're looking for other books for middle-grade readers about homelessness, I suggest [b:Paper Things|22747802|Paper Things|Jennifer Richard Jacobson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415586683l/22747802._SX50_.jpg|42292738] and [b:Crenshaw|23310699|Crenshaw|Katherine Applegate|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1475972698l/23310699._SX50_.jpg|42864821] and [b:No Fixed Address|37683441|No Fixed Address|Susin Nielsen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518441561l/37683441._SY75_.jpg|59311826].
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LibrarianDest | 9 andra recensioner | Jan 3, 2024 |

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Verk
11
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2,415
Popularitet
#10,616
Betyg
4.2
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90
ISBN
103
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5
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