Dara Palmer's Major Drama - Softcover

Emma Shevah

3.81

391 ratings by Goodreads

9781910002322: Dara Palmer's Major Drama

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910002321 ISBN 13: 9781910002322

Publisher: Chicken House Ltd, 2015

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About the Author:

Emma Shevah is half-Irish and half-Thai and was born and raised in London. She has lived in Australia, Japan, India (her first child was born in the Himalayas), and Jerusalem before moving back to the UK. Emma has worked as a fire-juggler, a restaurant manager, a copywriter, an English teacher, and is now a blogger and author. Visit Emma at emmashevah.com.

Review:

" Fun and though-provoking." - People Magazine

"Following Dream On, Amber (2015), Shevah returns with another book, this time deftly navigating the complexity of being a transracial adoptee... this funny, charismatic heroine will capture her readers' hearts. " - Kirkus, starred

"Dara's larger-than-life personality and true-to-life middle grade issues command center stage until the curtain falls" - School Library Journal, starred

" Like Shevah's Dream On, Amber, this entertaining insight into the mind of an adopted child, snappily narrated and exuberantly illustrated, is sure to win readers over, one teaspoonful at a time." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

"With themes of transracial adoption, racism, identity, friendship, and sibling rivalry (not to mention a hyperactively decorated page design), there's a lot going on here, but Shevah's novel raises interesting questions without attempting to neatly answer them all....[Dara's] emotional growth is believable and appealing, and her super-chatty narration is never not funny.
" - Horn Book Magazine

"As she did in Dream On, Amber (2015), Shevah takes an insightful look at tween life, exploring themes of identity, race, and family with a liberal dose of humor. Dara is a winning, fittingly overdramatic character who starts to grow once she takes a more serious look her life and those in it...A heartwarming, diary-style novel (with decorative doodles by Crawford-White) that deserves a place on library shelves." - Booklist

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