{"id":6892,"date":"2016-04-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6892"},"modified":"2016-04-27T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:54:30","slug":"w-is-we-are-all-made-of-molecules-by-susin-nielsen-book-review-stepfamily-is-big-step-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6892","title":{"rendered":"W is We Are All Made of Molecules, by Susin Nielsen (book review) – stepfamily is big step for him"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Finally having a sister will be nice, Stewart thinks.
\nNo, getting a nerdy stepbrother is awful, Ashley thinks.
\nHow is this blended family<\/a> thing going to work?<\/p>\n

A genius with digestive issues and a so-so student who’s a social climber now have to share a house and a high school – not easy.\u00a0 Add in the new guy on the basketball team with a mysterious past (Ashley’s secret crush!) who attacks Stewart in phys ed, plus Ashley trying to keep the truth about her parents’ divorce a secret – not easy at all.<\/p>\n

This laugh-aloud look at serious issues will be released in paperback on May 10, 2016 – if you can wait that long to read it!<\/p>\n

Must moving forward mean leaving the best of your past behind?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: We Are All Made of Molecules \/ Susin Nielsen. Wendy Lamb Books, 2015 (hardcover); 2016, Ember (paperback).\u00a0 [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Stewart understands why his dad wants to remarry after Mom’s death, but the gifted 13-year-old is uncertain about his new stepsister’s popularity and academic problems when he transfers to her Vancouver high school, despite her wishes.<\/p>\n

Adding Stewart’s favorite quirky possessions to his\u00a014 year old stepsister’s sleek modern house is a balancing act, as is his nerdy presence at Ashley’s school where she’d rather study celebrity gossip than her textbooks.<\/p>\n

A handsome new guy on the basketball team, the chance to become school mascot and a Mathlete, not-so-subtle mean girl comments – so much change in high school!<\/p>\n

Can Stewart hold onto some of his mom’s molecules among so many new things?
\nCan Ashley keep the whole school from knowing that her dad is gay?
\nWhy do parents have silly rules about no parties while they’re gone?<\/p>\n

Told in alternating chapters by Stewart and Ashley, this Canadian family story brings humor to the often-tricky worlds of high school, stepfamilies, and identity. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally having a sister will be nice, Stewart thinks. No, getting a nerdy stepbrother is awful, Ashley thinks. How is this blended family thing going to work? A genius with digestive issues and a so-so student who’s a social climber now have to share a house and a high school – not easy.\u00a0 Add in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10,90,22,7,4,75,92,11,20,5,37,18,40,44,46,43,107,187,49,184,31,15,9,21,57,268,35,3],"class_list":["post-6892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-a2z","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-brothers","tag-canada","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-death","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-funny","tag-growing-up","tag-homosexuality","tag-lgbtq","tag-memories","tag-mothers","tag-non-us-author","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-sisters","tag-stepfamily","tag-surprises","tag-teens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6892"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7150,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892\/revisions\/7150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}