Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Friendship List #3
Lisa Greenwald · 2019
73/100
👍 Worth It
Lisa Greenwald's dual-POV format captures two genuinely distinct tween voices and the reader-submitted resolution list gives the book an unusual warmth and participatory feel. The emotional stakes — a sick grandmother, parental divorce, the anxiety of the lunch table — are real without being heavy-handed. Readers who haven't read the first two books will get less out of it, but for fans of the series this is a satisfying continuation.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance65
craft74
originality66
accuracy80
hype72
age-fit92
human-eye74
Penny’s verdict73
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