Another book recommended by Abigail Dodds on the Home Fires podcast
Mark recounts a summer day helping his grandmother and extended family at their seaside food stand. After they close the stand for the day, his grandmother takes him on night boat ride for an encounter with moonjellies.
Based on a true event from the author's childhood
I love the depiction of a family working hard together. The word choice & incorporation of the senses immerse the reader into this seaside, summer day.
I would have loved more pages/words spent on the moonjelly encounter. When I started reading the book, I thought I would be experiencing an extended interaction with Mark and the moonjellies. Instead it was one page.
The pastel illustrations are not my preference.
*Highly recommend for the robust depiction of family working together and celebration of the ordinary.
-Borrowed via ILL. However, initially no libraries in my state were fulfilling my request. So I pre-ordered it (Purple House Press is republishing it). The day I pre-ordered it, I found out a library had shipped it to my library. So I read a library copy. After June 1st I will own it.
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