Bound To Stay Bound

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 Meant to be
 Author: Knowles, Johanna

 Publisher:  Candlewick Press (2022)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 215 p.,  20 cm

 BTSB No: 527224 ISBN: 9781536210323
 Ages: 9-12 Grades: 4-7

 Subjects:
 Family life -- Fiction
 Friendship -- Fiction
 Baking -- Fiction

Price: $23.28

Summary:
In a companion to Where the Heart Is, Rachel's younger sister Ivy experiences the joys and pitfalls of new friendship, hones her passion for baking with her friends, and resists the idea of change that could come if her parents decide to move the family out of their small apartment into a house.

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Reviews:
   Booklist (03/15/22)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 03/15/2022 This follow-up to Where the Heart Is (2019) focuses on Rachel's little sister, eight-year-old Ivy, as the family makes a go of it in the Applewood Heights Apartments, having recently lost their farmhouse to foreclosure. For Ivy, Applewood Heights is a wonderful place with new friends Alicia and Lucas close by. They share her love of cooking and are also good at finding affordable ingredients for recipes. Ivy would happily stay here forever and can’t understand why Rachel hates the apartment, and Mom and Dad work endlessly toward getting a “better” home. A more personal challenge arises when Ivy must learn to think before speaking, having failed to understand complications in her friends’ lives, inadvertently alienating them. Knowles has again created a thoughtful, realistic story from multiple perspectives that illustrates how some problems can’t be solved instantly. Ivy grows, as do her family and friends, and the narrative ends with a new future to tackle. Though a sequel, this novel stands strongly on its own. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

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