Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Stars So Sweet
Tara Dairman · 2016
76/100
👍 Worth It
Gladys Gatsby has always been an unusually capable middle-grade heroine and this final chapter gives her a genuinely relatable problem — the moment you have to stop hiding something important from the people who love you. The shift away from restaurant criticism may disappoint food-obsessed fans of the earlier books, but the emotional territory it opens up is richer. School Library Journal is right that it stands on its own, and it wraps the series with warmth.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety97
substance74
craft78
originality70
accuracy80
hype72
age-fit88
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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