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This was fantastic! A young teen meets her father for the first time when she goes to spend the summer with him in the brownstone he‘s renovating. They navigate language barriers and she feels like a major outsider in the neighborhood. Very sweet story.

A good, sink-into, partially estranged family story. I really liked the characters, the pacing, the writing. I will definitely be reading more this author.

23/80

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2 days ago my backyard was covered in 6in" of snow; today outdoor reading--gotta love Colorado! ?

Starting March's #doublespin

I loved this book ❤️. It's a beautiful story about fathers and daughters, love and loss, choices and fate. Oh, and it has time travel 🤔😁. It's lovely, and I poured through it. This was my #Doublespin for March @TheAromaofBooks

Liv‘s dad, who ran away to Greece, asks her to help him w/ his Atlantis documentary. When she gets there, she meets Theo, her father‘s charming “prod g”/assistant. Will she ever understand her dad? Will all the alone time w/ Theo led to something?

This one was cute. It was just a little slow & long for me. I also wanted a little more romance. It was interesting learning more about theories on Atlantis tho

I can see why this won the 2025 Printz! I LOVE this family! The artwork and text twist together in a completely organic way and I adore both. Almudena‘s summer living with her father and slowly expanding her friends and family is masterfully woven into the renovation of her father‘s brownstone. All of the characters are unique and have their own moments of growth on and off page. I love all of them.

1. Pretty much yes. Reminds me of one of my favorites lines in a Gregory Alan Isakov song….”If it weren‘t for second chances we‘d all be alone”.
2. The tagged book which I recently read.

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A focused memoir written by an 18-year-old woman who grew up with an incarcerated parent. Most of the story takes place once he‘s been released. I wished for a little more fleshing out of the story around the specific topic of her dad teaching her to code and building Photo Patch, but it is a memoir, so it‘s technically not necessary. I‘ve honestly never thought about this subject before, so it was eye-opening in a lot of ways.

4.5 stars! So good!

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