Lily has her hands full this summer, helping her
grandparents run the family store and taking care of her beloved dog Lucky who
is slowly becoming more and more blind.
But Lily has a plan.
There’s an operation that just might save Lucky’s sight, the only
problem is it costs a lot of money.
Lily, with the help of Pépère (her grandfather), is painting
and selling bee houses to help raise the money. Lily has plenty of time to work on the bee houses since her
best friend Hannah has become boy crazy. Then one day Lucky gets loose and runs
through the nearby blueberry fields.
It’s here that Lily meets Salma, a migrant worker in town with her
family to help with the blueberry harvest. Lily has seen migrant workers before
at the store, but has never known one personally. Could the girls become friends? Or are their differences too great?
I’ve read many books by Cynthia Lord including both Rules and Half a Chance. While I
enjoyed both those books, this is my favorite! Lily and Salma are engaging characters. I liked how both
girls helped each other, but also how the character of Hannah (the “boy crazy”
best friend) evolved in the story.
I learned a lot about blueberries and the blueberry business in Maine,
something I knew little about before reading this book. Now when I see blueberries in the store,
I have a new appreciation for where they came from and how they got to the
store. I also connected to the story
of Lucky the dog. I have always
had pets and I understand how they become a part of the family. I felt Lily’s desperation to help Lucky
and enjoyed the final solution!
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