Save Me a Seat

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 2, 2017

Review

At first, Ravee's attitude towards Joe is just like the bully in the class, he makes fun of Joe and doesn't want anything to do with him. This reaction seemed very real especially since Ravee was used to being the top dog at his old school and making fun of classmates not as smart as he was. It's also easy to empathize with Joe and how he gets super embarrassed by his mom. I did think that the time frame for Ravee and Joe's friendship to start was to quick for everything that happened (it takes place in a week), still, a good book about judging people before getting to know them.

Overall Book Score: very good