Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee, with pictures by Drazen KozjanNine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.
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I loved this book. I grew up in South Minneapolis and I loved the references to Bryant Hardware, the Rose Gardens, the lakes.. and it was fun to read a story in that setting. I think this book is for the youngest of the interest group. It is about a girl and her dog and how hard it is to find your courage and to face something that may be sad, but needs to be faced to be dealth with. I didn't get the mask thing and why she walked around her neighborhood with her masks on, that may be a dangerous idea...
I give this one 3***
I forgot to mention that I thought the illustrations in the book are wonderful.
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