• Blackberry Juice (Orca Echoes)

Blackberry Juice
(Orca Echoes)

Author
Sara Cassidy
Illustrator
Helen Flook
Publication Date
September 06, 2016
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Blackberry Juice (Orca Echoes)
Description

After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes.

The fresh-from-the-farm egg yolks are blindingly yellow. The eccentric girl next door has a very unusual sense of style. And Rumpley, a donkey they inherited with the farmhouse, doesn't even know how to bray. Nothing about the country feels warm or familiar. But when Cyrus is stranded one evening by the tide, he finds his lifeline in an unlikely companion.

Blackberry Juice is the sequel to Not For Sale.

Publication date
September 06, 2016
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781459812284
Lexile Measure
610
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Series
Orca Echoes
BISAC categories
JUV002090 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JUV025000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
Library of Congress categories
Brothers
Moving, Household
Country life

Kirkus

A summertime visit to the countryside with people who are fun to share time with. What could be better?

School Library Journal

Gr 2-4--When Cyrus and Rudy's mom move them to a run-down old house in the country, the two have a hard time adjusting. A donkey who came with the house, an absent dad, a constantly busy mom, and a bossy, eccentric neighbor girl only make it worse. In an attempt to get a handle on his life, Cyrus rescues a crab. Soon his mom tells him he has to put it back in the water. When Cyrus does so, however, he gets stranded out in the water with the tide quickly rising. Can Cyrus and Rudy adjust to their new home? Will someone be able to save Cyrus? Illustrations are detailed and help to draw readers into Cyrus and Rudy's world. This appealing title is humorous, short, and hard to put down. VERDICT Newly independent or reluctant readers looking for a good laugh or who are dealing with moving will appreciate this lighthearted, warm tale.--Kira Moody, Whitmore Public Library, Salt Lake City

Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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