The Graham Cracker Plot

Reviewed by: Suzan Hawkins - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 5, 2015

Review

Daisy, almost twelve years-old, and best friend, sometimes, Graham, decide they should break Daisy’s dad out of Cub Fed (prison). The friends have been told that dad has been wrongfully jailed. They recruit Graham’s cousin Ashley to help (they need a get-away car), and “borrow” a miniature horse, and use the very special coin from 1919—the idea coin to get Dad out of jail.

What could be heavy topics, a parent in jail, substance abuse by parents, neglect by parents and poverty are all handled well. Debut novelist Shelley Tougas does a nice job of handling these themes with humor and warmth.

Overall Book Score: very good