Burt, Melissa The 12 Dares of Christa, 294 pages. Katherine Tegen (HarperCollins), 2017. $17.
Content: G.
Content: G.
This was supposed to be the best Christmas vacation
ever! Christa had her trip to Europe
with her Mom and Dad all planned out.
Now, however, Mom and Dad are getting divorced, and Christa is headed
off with just her Mom who is performing in a traveling play all over the
continent. And Christa is stuck with two
chaperones and a bunch of other actors’ children whom she doesn’t really
know. Maybe all is not lost – on the
first night she is presented with the first of 12 dares from her father –
things to stretch Christa in new ways and hopefully help her be again the
vibrant, fun girl she used to be.
Burt paints a gamut of emotions during her foray into
Christa’s story. While it would be easy
to mistakes this for 13 Little Blue Envelopes, they are at their hearts very
different and each good in their own way.
I especially like the authentic dynamic between Christa and her mother.
MS – ADVISABLE.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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