It's hard for me to read a book without also having KELLY QUINN on my mind. That is particularly true of IN THE CARDS because there are similarities. IN THE CARDS has three girls who inherit a deck of mysterious tarot cards. KELLY QUINN'S SECRET COOKING CLUB also has three girls who find a secret and mysterious book. Both stories have a similar magical smell.IN THE CARDS: LOVE is the first of three books that explores middle-grader life, and all its friend-stuff. Anna, the narrator, is left a set of tarot cards by an elderly woman for whom she cat-sat, but who is now dead. Anna, a self-proclaimed 'nobody', has a crush on hottie Declan. The cards indicate Anna will get the boy, but she's disappointed to learn that Declan was seen kissing the popular girl at a Halloween party. That romance doesn't last long, because as the cards predicted, Declan soon chooses Anna instead. Anna's ego balloons and soon she blows off her buddies to spend more time with her now boyfriend...who turns out to be less awesome than she'd originally thought. There are all sorts of middle-grade emotions: jealousy, pettiness and self-consciousness run amok depicted in this book.
The recommendation: It's a good read filled with good characters, cool cats and interesting tarot tid-bits. This book delves into boyfriend-girlfriend relationships more than the other Aladdin Mix books I've read. It's still G, but might be for the older middle-graders ie: 11, 12, 13 even 14.
What are YOU reading on the beach??
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