Sonata #1 for Riley Red

by Phoebe Stone

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Rachel and her "outcast" friends struggle to come to terms with unresolved emotional traumas while trying to rescue a neglected zoo elephant in a small town outside of Boston. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316990418
• ISBN13: 9780316990417
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Decent Read For Pre-Teens

I was impressed with the way the author handled the various angst-causing situations in each protagonist's individual life... The reader also sees clearly and is able to evaluate the various means of neglect used by different types of parents who all, in the case of this book, seem incapable of prioritizing their child's needs. The only problem, if I can call it that, was that the story at times seemed disjonted, though it would always get my attention again fairly quickly. The end was perhaps predictable, but again, maybe not so for the pre-teen reader.