How I read this: Free ebook copy received through NetGalley

A sweet, touching little story and I loved it. I know the kid me would have also loved it!

Grizelda often wonders why she's been given a fairytale stepsister's name. Or why her parents never pay any attention to her, always leaving her alone while they work or text on their phones. And one day, there's suddenly a way to find out. Or rather, she doesn't believe that's a way, but indulges her friends - because they claim they've got something that'll enable them to time travel - as flies - and who would believe that? Turns out, it's true. Also, turns out, the story of her name is pretty touching and life changing for her and her family.

The story was really so sweet! The idea of kids learning something valuable from time travel and using it for that purpose solely was also very nice. The story was short and now I'm wishing I had a sequel. I really hope I get to read one when it comes out.

Oh, and there was a lot of trivia at the end! Like the anatomy of a fly, facts about the cities in the story and even a little list of words used in the story that kids should look up if they want to enrich their vocabulary. This is a great book for both native English speaker kids as well as kids learning the English language.

I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.

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