Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Super Troop
Bruce Hale · 2022
64/100
👎 Skip It
Super Troop blends scouting adventure with genuine emotional honesty about divorce, and it lands well enough for middle-grade reluctant readers looking for humor alongside real feelings. The formula is familiar and some scouting details feel dated, but the heart of the book is in the right place — just not quite distinct enough to stand above the competition.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: dated scouting references (knives, lighters) may warrant parental guidance. We still scored it 64; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety72
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing68
Originality48
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers71
Age-fit75
👁 Human-eye gut-check72
Penny’s verdict64
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