Thursday, March 30, 2023

Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker illustrated by Matthew Cordell*

 As I was reading this middle grade novel, I was constantly making connections to Roald Dahl's Matilda. Leeva's parents run the town, Nutsmore. Her mother is the mayor; her father is the treasurer. Leeva basically has been held prisoner in her own home most of her life. One day she ventures out to discover a library, friendships and the true meaning of familial love.

*Highly recommend.

Points to discuss: embezzling, her parents are cruel to her by their words and by keeping her captive in the home, her parents abandon her and love themselves, fame and money more than her

-Borrowed from the library.



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