Review from Judith Rovenger, Youth Services Consultant, Westchester Library System

New York author/artist Katie Davis, has written her first novel for middle graders and tweens and it is snappy, clever and fun. Sixth-grader Addy is a budding writer, and the novel is filled with excerpts from her comic strip style diary (called an autobiogra-strip). Addy is having a tough year and she is convinced that she is afflicted by the family curse. The evidence is convincing-her mom's boyfriend is moving in to the guest room (is it really a temporary arrangement?).. she has a fight with her best friend and then there is the writing contest she is afraid to enter because maybe she won't win. Underneath the light-hearted story of tween angst, is the story of a girl dealing with the grief of losing a father. Fans of Naylor's Alice books will enjoy Addy as another less than perfect heroine that they will identify with and root for...and take to their hearts. Recommended!