Greene, S. (2013). Sophie Hartley and the Facts of Life. Boston, MA: Clarion Books.
The Plot
Fourth grader Sophie is a middle child. After seeing the craziness her older teenaged siblings get up to, she's not sure she wants to know what this puberty thing is all about. But how does she enjoy still being a kid when the movie is being shown soon and other girls are accusing her of being immature? Can she find out just enough about the changes that are coming without totally ruining the childhood she has left? Can she convince her sister that she isn't the devil's spawn? Can her mom leave town on business and leave her dad to run the house for a week without any major catastrophes?
The Review
This cheerfully innocent story is well-written. The family relationships are well-developed and there's a lot of very believable dialogue. Sophie's feelings of dread about the upcoming movie are ones that most tweens can relate to, as is her unwillingness to ask questions of her mom and older sister. This book speaks to those tweens that are happy being kids and don't understand the big rush to grow up.
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