As Simple As It Seems is a good book that I think many students in our grade would enjoy. Verbena Colter is an 11 year old girl who is diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome when she was born. Verbena is living with her aunt and uncle who she thinks is her birth parents. Her real parents are who she calls her aunt and uncle. Verbenas father is in prison and assumes it's because he killed someone. When "flat landers" move into the Colters neighbors house Verbena meets Pooch. When Pooch first meets her he thinks that she's Tracy Allen a girl who died a couple years ago. Throughout the book Pooch and Verbena build a boat together. My independent reading book was "As Simple as it Seems" by Sarah Weeks. "As Simple as it Seems" is a free-willing energetic tale that many others would enjoy reading.Verbie had a mean father and was affected by alcohal birth defects when she was born. All she wanted was to be anybody but her self which she feels she can do when a boy named Pooch comes her way. What started out as a fun game as an effort to make Verbie's life a little more interesting. The she attempts this is different and has a little twist to it. To find out how and what the twist is read the book.My favorite part about the book was when Verbena tried to play a prank on Pooch every time they played the "game" about her being someone else that she really is not. This is my favorite part because I always joke around and play with my brothers like that so it is easy to relate to."As Simple as it Seems" was a fun, up-lifting book that was pretty relatable to me. I would recommend this book to any children around the ages 11-13. I very much enjoyed this book and hopefully will be able to find books like it in the future.
Nice young adult story about a troubled girl finding her way in the world.
—aladdinwychwood
This is a new Maud Hart Lovelace nominee.
—morgan
Good, fast, easy
—kikis
Awesome!!!
—bre
Grade 6
—sweety
