IVY ABERDEEN'S LETTER TO THE WORLD

Chloe Cannon's narration of a family's escape from a tornado has the perfect mixture of anxiety and fear. When a tornado destroys Ivy Aberdeen's home, the 12-year-old manages to save her notebook in which she journals by drawing her deepest secrets. After her family is relocated to a temporary shelter and Ivy's notebook goes missing, she tries to discover who took it and is leaving messages written on her drawings in her locker. Cannon gives a unique vocal personality to each of the characters. She captures Ivy's uncertainty about her feelings for another girl, her loneliness within her family, and her moments of overwhelming emotion due to her current circumstances. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2018]