Reviews for The Last Best Days of Summer

The average rating for The Last Best Days of Summer based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-28 00:00:00 Lisa Dalterio The book "Last Best Days of Summer," is about Lucy's summer before middle school. Lucy has this whole summer planned with her best friend, Megan,and her awesome Grandma. This plan backfires when she gets a job to hang out with a "special boy" with a Down syndrome, named Eddie. Eddie is a kind and sweet person to Lucy. Lucy does not see this in him, she is embarrassed to be seen with him. Over the last 2 weeks of school, Lucy always goes to her Grandma's house. Over the last week of summer Eddie takes a trip all by himself to 10 bus stations to get to Lucy's Grandma's house, and Lucy's becomes great friends with Eddie over the course of the week. I recommend "Last Best Days of Summer to 4 - 7th graders to read. It is a very interesting book that allowed me to never want to put the book down. I was always excited to find out what was going to happen next. This book definitely made me a little bit emotional at some parts because they are so unexpected. The writing is very much so effective as it is powerful because it was a page turner. I really have nothing to critique about this book, it was one of my favorites. In my opinion, Valerie Hobbs did a wonderful job explaining all the details from the book.It made me think about my writing in class, while helping me.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-06-21 00:00:00 Chad Rackel This is a book about growing up, growing old, and growing different. I have to admit I was a little leery about how the author could bring together a middle school girl who wants to be popular, a grandmother with the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, and a boy with Downs Syndrome. But Hobbs creates a beautiful story connecting the lives of these three characters through a lesson about centering - that place to go to when you want to do the right thing.