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If not, it will still provide a fantastical suspension of disbelief which will keep them occupied for a few hours, if they can put it down at all. Reading this book may very well change a young person’s perspective and expectation of the writing process, shifting it from work to play, perhaps even challenging them to try their hand at a story. All of this is punctuated with the wordplay employed by Tuesday’s family, often in couplets this endearing practice provides a window into the essence of creativity: Spontaneity and fun. The pictorial accompaniment effectively captures a child’s point-of-view and imagination. Banks draws the reader into the story through empathetic characters, and well written action sequences that propel the story forward. Throughout her journey, she discovers that she is a little bit extraordinary too.Īngelica Banks (in fact a writing team, made up of Danielle Wood and Heather Rose) delivers a compelling plot with high stakes, complete with pirates, adventure, and magic. One day, when her mother is late joining them for dinner, Tuesday discovers that her mother has vanished, and is pulled (literally) into a quest to find her. Tuesday deals with her mom’s absences, but looks forward to spending time with her each time she finishes a book. Serendipity is an author of epic standing, similar in stature to JK Rowling, who must disguise herself to protect their privacy, and spends a lot of time away promoting her books or in her writing room upstairs. The heroine, Tuesday McGillycuddy, likes to think of herself as an ordinary girl, with an extraordinary mother, Serendipity Smith. As writers go, each has their own process to the same destination: The End.įinding Serendipity is a story that inspires, and celebrates, the process of writing, and one that does so in a way that provides accessibility for its ideal audience, kids of the age 8-12. It transports you to a different world, one where anything that happens is determined by your imagination, and thus, by definition means anything could happen, if you so choose it to. Published by Henry Holt & Co., February 2015 Written by Angelica Banks, with illustrations by Stevie Lewis

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