{"id":36987,"date":"2021-09-30T21:49:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T01:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36987"},"modified":"2021-09-30T21:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T01:49:45","slug":"review-of-sweeping-up-the-heart-by-kevin-henkes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36987","title":{"rendered":"Review of Sweeping Up the Heart, by Kevin Henkes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sweeping Up the Heart<\/em><\/p>\n

by Kevin Henkes<\/p>\n

Greenwillow Books, 2019. 183 pages.
\nReview written January 9, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n

Amelia Albright wanted to go on vacation during Spring Break like other families do, but her father, an English professor, didn\u2019t want to, even though this year of 1999 his college was having a break at the same time. So Amelia ends up going to the clay studio every day to make objects with clay. This time, the objects she makes turn out to be rabbits.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s someone new at the clay studio this year, a boy named Casey. Casey\u2019s staying with his aunt, who owns the studio, while his parents are making a last effort to keep from getting divorced.<\/p>\n

Casey is twelve years old, the same age as Amelia, and he has some fun ideas, like inventing names and stories for people who pass the shop where they are having lunch. But when Casey gets the idea that a strange lady looks like she could be Amelia\u2019s mother \u2013 when Amelia\u2019s real mother died when she was a baby \u2013 Amelia can\u2019t get that idea out of her head.<\/p>\n

This book tells about a week in the life of a lonely girl who finds that art and new friends can bring pleasant surprises, even in familiar places.<\/p>\n

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