{"id":12360,"date":"2022-01-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12360"},"modified":"2022-01-17T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T17:39:05","slug":"friendship-loneliness-the-care-and-keeping-of-freddy-by-susan-hill-long-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12360","title":{"rendered":"Friendship, loneliness & THE CARE AND KEEPING OF FREDDY, by Susan Hill Long (MG book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A hungry lizard amid a cricket shortage,
a sad dad trying to make it through,
a gone mom who made a new family without her\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their small coastal Maine town, the red-haired boy stealing a cat collar from the pet store definitely stood out to best friends Georgia and Maria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new foster kid, Roland insists that his big brother will arrive on August 1st to take him away – the two middle-graders aren’t sure what to believe about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Freddy the bearded dragon<\/a> is no substitute for her mother’s love, so Georgia is thrilled when her mom Blythe announces that she’s finally bringing baby Rosie to visit\u2026 and stay in town, new stepfather and all<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An abandoned glass house in the woods to explore, Maria writing her mystery novel, and the big town parade for July 4th – lots of excitement for the three friends, if Roland’s little foster brother would quit being such a pest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Georgia balance friend-time with being-Rosie’s-big-sister-time?
What’s Blythe’s new big idea?
Why won’t Blythe let Georgia bring Freddy over?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the author of Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life<\/em> (my recommendation here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the best thing about your town?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Info: The Care and Keeping of Freddy \/ Susan Hill Long. Paula Wiseman Books\/Simon & Schuster, 2021. (author site)<\/a> (publisher site<\/a>) Review copy & cover image courtesy of the publisher. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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