Saving Crazy’s is the third novel in Karen Hood-Caddy’s young adult series, The Wild Place. Like the first two novels, it focuses on 13 year old Robin, whose family runs a wildlife sanctuary out of their barn. I think this book was probably the weakest of the three — a lot of it focuses on Robin and Zo-Zo (her best friend) fighting over a not-particularly-desirable boy named McCoy. But it’s still a cute little read. Besides the drama over McCoy, the novel’s main focus is environmental, of course. First […]
Another Sweet Story About the Wild Place
The Truth About Brave is Karen Hood-Caddy’s sequel to Howl, which I read a couple weeks ago. In Howl, 12 year old Robin loses her mother, so her family moves in with her grandmother to start over. Robin, along with her grandmother, little brother and two friends, open a wildlife rescue called the Wild Place. In The Truth About Brave, Robin’s best friend has started a crusade against factory farms — and Robin has to decide if she’s bold enough to join her. These are sweet little books, which deal with all sorts of pre-teen […]
No animals harming in the making of
No, no animals die during this really adorable YA novel that I sort of checked out by accident but really ended up loving. So put your mind at ease and enjoy The Wild Place. Robin’s mother dies when she is 12, and shortly after, her veterinarian father uproots them all (teen queen Ari, brainy Robin and little brother “Squirm”) and moves to a small town so they can live with their grandmother. The grandmother, who I loved, helps Robin grieve for her mother and get over some […]