Moo
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Average rating4.3
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Ratings4
Average rating4.3
This uplifting New York Times bestseller reminds us that if we’re open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. Following one family’s momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow. When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna—and that stubborn cow, Zora. This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.
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I'll admit I loved the experimentation with poetry shown in Love that Dog/Hate That Cat books, it added something extra to the story that is missing from this more straightforward narrative (which does have a few entries that feel more like poems, and still features fun with font and formatting). I can admire the full range of the emotional journey: being angry on the kids behalf that a stranger didn't seem to be respecting personal boundaries, and that their parents were seemingly trading their children's labour for neighborhood goodwill, being happy that Reena was getting along with Zora the cow and Luke was having drawing time with Falala, being worried how the story would handle the treatment of the animals, at the fair and their fates afterwards, (the discussion of pets vs beef and vegetarianism was brief but it was there!), being amused by Zora's hijinks, being sad for the hints we get of Falala's life, touched by her late coming to art and her thoughts for the family and her animals in settling her affairs. A good one for younger readers.
