Thursday, July 22, 2021

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough (Middle Grade Contemporary Book Review)

 


A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Joy McCullough
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
on April 14, 2020
Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary
Length: 224 pages
Audiobook Length: 4 hours
Ages: 8 - 18 years

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Synopsis:
A girl with a passion for science and a boy who dreams of writing fantasy novels must figure out how to get along now that their parents are dating in this lively, endearing novel. 


My Thoughts:

A Field Guide to Getting Lost is a middle-grade contemporary about two kids who have completely different interests and personal obstacles that are brought together when their dating parents take them on a hike where they promptly separate and end up lost. 

Sutton's mother is off researching penguin migrations in Antarctica and Luis' father has been deceased for years. Sutton is homeschooled and Luis has deadly allergies, so they are both quite different. When their parents start getting serious, they both realize that they will have to make an effort to get along, though perhaps begrudgingly, and they come together despite their differences to find a way out of the predicament that life has thrown at them. 

This is a rather simple contemporary read for young readers that highlights separated families, absent parents, and overcoming fears.

I ended up listening to this on audiobook, which was enjoyable, and a rather quick listen at 4 hours long. 


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