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- W4248742962 abstract "Reviewed by: Moon Pie Deborah Stevenson Mason, Simon. Moon Pie. Fickling/Random House, 2011. 372p. Library ed. ISBN 978-0-385-75237-4 $19.99 Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-385-75235-0 $16.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-375-89909-6 $10.99 R Gr. 5–7. “Sometimes,” reflects eleven-year-old Martha, “it was a relief not to have to think about things.” Martha’s mainly trying not to think about two things, the death of her mother a few years ago and her father’s strange and erratic behavior of late, as she desperately attempts to keep the household together and care for her five-year-old brother, Tug. Laura, a blunt new friend of Martha’s, points out that her father’s not just impetuous but drunk, and as he slides further downhill not even Martha’s frantic and determined attempts to keep him together can prevent family heartbreak. Mason, British author of the cozily quirky The Quigleys (BCCB 9/02), shows a similar narrative style here (Tug, for instance, is “famous for eating and a trick he did with spit”), which is an unusual voice for a story that’s often raw and painful. It’s oddly effective, though, in conveying the youth of the kids stuck in this breaking family, and the contrast between the gentle comedy of character (Martha’s making of “speed films” with her theatrical friend, Marcus) and Martha’s cleaning up the vomit of her passed-out father is stark indeed. In fact, there’s more situational realism here than in some treatments of the subject for older readers, with Martha’s father bouncing off of rock bottom more than once and losing his kids before he begins to find his way toward reliable sobriety. The portrait of hypercompetent Martha is heartbreaking in its plausibility, as she’s tremendously capable but not quite advanced enough to see the futility of her labors. Her blossoming artistry (she begins to follow in her mother’s acting footsteps) is inextricably tied up with her travails, and readers will be both sympathetic and intrigued as she begins to find herself even amid disaster. Copyright © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois" @default.
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- W4248742962 title "<i>Moon Pie</i> (review)" @default.
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