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A review by noellesmagicallibrary
Bumps in the Night by Amalie Howard
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This is what middle grade books are all about! Rika goes on an adventure to save her loved ones and learns some valuable lessons along the way.
Darika Lovelace is a witch, only she doesn’t know this yet.
She’s been getting into trouble back home in Colorado so her Grandma has Rika spend the summer in Trinidad. Grandma Love has plans for Rika; clean the house and stay away from the woods! But Rika isn’t the best at following directions. She meets some neighbor kids and they head to the old silk cotton tree in the woods.
That’s when things turn banana-pants crazy and Rika starts to learn the truth— she’s a witch and her mom is in trouble.
A few things I absolutely loved in this book are:
Darika Lovelace is a witch, only she doesn’t know this yet.
She’s been getting into trouble back home in Colorado so her Grandma has Rika spend the summer in Trinidad. Grandma Love has plans for Rika; clean the house and stay away from the woods! But Rika isn’t the best at following directions. She meets some neighbor kids and they head to the old silk cotton tree in the woods.
That’s when things turn banana-pants crazy and Rika starts to learn the truth— she’s a witch and her mom is in trouble.
A few things I absolutely loved in this book are:
- Rika’s love of Skittles. They are the superior candy.
- Piku, the sidekick iguana.
- The definitions and educational information that was effortlessly placed through out the story
- The underlying message of climate change and respecting our planet.
- Trinidadian cultural representation and mythology.