  | Ginny off the map Author: Hickey, Caroline | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
When eleven-year-old Ginny Pierce's father gets deployed to Afghanistan just as her family is moving to a new post in Maryland, she tries to salvage a long and lonely summer by running her own geography camp.
| Illustrator: | Murphy, Kelly |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.60 Points: 8.0 Quiz: 519824 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (04/15/23)
Booklist (05/01/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 05/01/2023 Geography-loving Ginny has moved to a new town—again—and she’s facing a lonely summer. Her medic dad has been unexpectedly deployed to Afghanistan, her older sister has already made other friends, and her mom is busy with a demanding work project. When her one bright spot, a geography-themed camp, gets canceled at the last minute, Ginny is desperate to avoid a jewelry-focused alternative. A brilliant idea strikes: she’ll create her own geography camp, round up the neighborhood kids as the unsuspecting campers, and bombard them with her favorite facts. But things don’t go as planned, and her family struggles with her father's absence. How can Ginny hold everything, including herself, together? This entertaining, earnest story is a terrific observation of family dynamics (particularly clashing siblings) and the complexity of life as a child with a parent in the military. Ginny is an inspiring protagonist, gradually opening herself up to other people’s perspectives and interests without compromising her own unique personality and passions. An engaging and empathetic examination of an array of human relationships—including the one we have with ourselves. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
