Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Only Child Club
Anne Fine · 2014
74/100
👍 Worth It
Anne Fine knows how children think, and the only-child experiment is a clever, funny way to let kids explore family structure questions without a lecture in sight. The humor is warm and the prose is assured — you can feel Fine's long experience on every page. Very short and a bit formulaic, but exactly right for its target reader.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety99
substance65
craft80
originality65
accuracy85
hype75
age-fit88
human-eye75
Penny’s verdict74
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