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A review by babetoven
The Last Great Adventure of the PB & J Society by Janet Sumner Johnson
5.0
You know that feeling you get when you eat a PB&J for the first time in like, forever? That good, warm, at-home feeling? That feeling of fullness? Fullness full of comforting, sweet, sticky nostalgia? This book is that feeling. Whether you prefer your PB&J's to be made with grape jelly or strawberry jam, you will like this book.
Despite receiving an ARC of this, - and thank you, Capstone, for allowing me to review this wonderful story - I have plans to buy myself a copy of this book, along with one for each of my kids. It really is just that good.
This is a story about two best friends, Annie and Jason, who embark on a journey to save their friendship after Jason learns that he’ll be moving away. Together, the two of them discover in more ways than one, that life is about change.
Annie is having a hard time accepting that she'll be losing her best friend due to the Parkers losing their home, so she's put herself to work trying to find a solution. These potential money-earning ideas are, but not limited to, the following:
1. Selling herappendix kidney on eBay.
2. Winning the lottery. (In Chicago)
3. Sing (or play kazoo) on a street corner.
4. Find the pirate treasure!
But Annie and Jason quickly learn that, despite their super spy-tastic skills and fool proof plans, it may not be enough to keep them together.
Reading this book made me remember parts of my childhood that I thought were long forgotten. It brought me back to making clubhouses in the large-leaf bushes at the corner's of my apartment building. Burying the dead birds we'd find and reciting the common dialogue we had heard at old relative's funerals. Risking that extra five minutes of play time after the streetlights came on. All the good memories resurfaced for me.
The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society was brimming with child-like imagination and yet focused on some big adult problems. Books this perfect hold me in awe and admiration of the Middle Grade genre, and reaffirm my belief that Children’s Fiction holds some of the most fantastic stories. This definitely being one of them. I look forward to reading more from this author. And I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone. Ages 9 to, well... infinity.
Despite receiving an ARC of this, - and thank you, Capstone, for allowing me to review this wonderful story - I have plans to buy myself a copy of this book, along with one for each of my kids. It really is just that good.
This is a story about two best friends, Annie and Jason, who embark on a journey to save their friendship after Jason learns that he’ll be moving away. Together, the two of them discover in more ways than one, that life is about change.
Annie is having a hard time accepting that she'll be losing her best friend due to the Parkers losing their home, so she's put herself to work trying to find a solution. These potential money-earning ideas are, but not limited to, the following:
1. Selling her
2. Winning the lottery. (In Chicago)
3. Sing (or play kazoo) on a street corner.
4. Find the pirate treasure!
But Annie and Jason quickly learn that, despite their super spy-tastic skills and fool proof plans, it may not be enough to keep them together.
Reading this book made me remember parts of my childhood that I thought were long forgotten. It brought me back to making clubhouses in the large-leaf bushes at the corner's of my apartment building. Burying the dead birds we'd find and reciting the common dialogue we had heard at old relative's funerals. Risking that extra five minutes of play time after the streetlights came on. All the good memories resurfaced for me.
The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society was brimming with child-like imagination and yet focused on some big adult problems. Books this perfect hold me in awe and admiration of the Middle Grade genre, and reaffirm my belief that Children’s Fiction holds some of the most fantastic stories. This definitely being one of them. I look forward to reading more from this author. And I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone. Ages 9 to, well... infinity.