This book for me was a perfect example of why readers need to move beyond the cover of a book to discover the treasure inside! When I first saw the book Zinnia and the Bees, it was completely new to me. I hadn’t heard any buzz (pun intended!) so I was completely in the dark. When I saw the cover my reaction was, hmm…. A book about a girl with bees in her hair…… not to sure about this… Boy am I glad I just picked up the book and started reading anyway! This may sound corny, but I liked Zinnia almost from page one - she and her brother Adam start the story yarn bombing! How could I resist a character that knits! And it’s not just a simple hobby for Zinnia, she knits to relieve stress - and she has a ton of stress the summer after seventh grade! Nothing seems to be going right for her lately - losing her best friends, having a mom she refers to as “Mrs. Flossdrop” instead of “mom”, her only brother disappears, and then the bees decide to move in!
Part mystery, part realistic fiction, and part fantasy, the plights of Zinnia and the bees are intertwined throughout the story. Somehow Zinnia must find her brother, fix her life and get rid of the bees, but is it possible? Her mom doesn’t seem to care that her brother is missing and the bees aren't leaving. Thankfully Zinnia meets someone who just might have the key to help her solve more than one problem in her life.
“I tell him everything. I take steps toward him instead of away………. And then, when I’m done, he looks at me and nods. He doesn’t say anything. He’s the ocean again. Breathing in and out, there to catch whatever I throw.”
*** Happy coincidence - a met a friend for lunch and the downtown area had just been yarn bombed!
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