How to Be Brave

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This was delightful❤️ Calla and her mom Elizabeth have a tight bond, that will be tested when Mom‘s offered a 6-month job in the Amazon to search for a rare duck, while Calla is at boarding school. Then Mom goes missing — clever story with a few twists!

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Andrew65 Sounds interesting, well done 👏👏👏 10mo

Eggs @Andrew65 Thanks 🙏🏻 10mo

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How to Be Brave | Daisy May Johnson

May #wrapup

I surprised myself with how many mg books I read this month. My favorite was How to be Brave. Such a sweet unique, story.

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How to Be Brave | Daisy May Johnson

I‘ve been spending a bit of my Sunday afternoon with this recommendation from @rubyslippersreads .

With lots of secret nods towards vintage girl‘s school fiction (a love of mine!), I‘m finding this middle grade boarding school tale quite quirky and delightful.

erzascarletbookgasm Sounds like a fun adventure! Pretty cover too 💙 2y

Cathythoughts I love the drawing of the girl 💕👍 2y

BookBabe Sounds like a fun read! 😄 2y

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rubyslippersreads I can‘t wait for the sequel! 🦆 2y

LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm @Cathythoughts Such cheery cover art. 😊 2y

LeahBergen @BookBabe It was! 😊 2y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I was just reading the blurb about it. 👏 2y

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How to Be Brave | Daisy May Johnson

Very exciting to see my review liked by the author on Twitter. If you‘d like to read the whole review, it‘s here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56664971

Ruthiella How cool! 😀 3y

LeahBergen Wonderful!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y

UwannaPublishme How cool is that! Plus I learned a ducky new word. 😁🙌🏻 3y

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quietjenn Ah, that's awesome! And the book sounds fun, too! 🤗 3y

rubyslippersreads @quietjenn It‘s very fun, plus it made me order some Chalet School books. 😊 3y

rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella @LeahBergen 😊 3y

rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme 😊🦆 3y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Ooo, it talks about Chalet School books?? And which ones did you order? 3y

batsy Nice! And I, too, have learned a new word 😁🦆 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Yes, the author is an expert on them (and “girls own” books in general). On her recommendation, I ordered Chalet School in Exile. And then The School at the Chalet, The New House at the Chalet School, and Chalet School Reunion (chosen solely for the cover). All GGBP editions, so I‘ve pretty much blown through my 2021 book budget. 🤣 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Which ones would you recommend? 3y

rubyslippersreads @batsy 😊 3y

LeahBergen Haha! How wonderful! Well, I would definitely save Reunion until last as characters from the early books are (gasp!) adults in it. I‘d probably go ahead with The School at the Chalet just because it‘s the first one. I read a few as a kid (out of order and as I could find them) but I‘m collecting and reading them in order now. I think I‘m up to book 6 or 7 now? Exile is supposed to be one of the best. And if you find an old edition with the 👇 3y

LeahBergen Nazi on the dust jacket... buy it immediately! It‘s worth thousands. 😆 3y

LeahBergen And it looks as though I need to stack this book and buy it when it comes out! I think I prefer the UK cover. 🤔 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen The GGBP edition has that cover (though I‘ll keep my eye out once we can go to bookstore/thrift shops again). (edited) 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I‘m going to buy the UK version when it comes out. I think the footnotes will be even more fun in a “real” book vs. the PDF ARC I read. 3y

LeahBergen Footnotes, too??? 😍😍😍 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen That‘s why I put a footnote in my review. 😊 3y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I already have an old thrift-shop paperback of

Peggy of the Chalet School

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