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Lexie
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Ten-year-old Lexie used to love going to the shore. For as long as she can remember, she's spent every summer there with her parents, eating hamburgers, swimming in the ocean, and combing the beach for treasure.  This summer is going to be different though. Lexie's Mom and Daddy are divorced, and for the first time Mom won't be there. To make matters worse, Daddy has a surprise—his new girlfriend, Vicky, and her two sons are coming to stay with them for a week!  Now Lexie has to share her house with perky Vicky, Vicky's moody teenage son Ben, and messy three-year-old Harris. The little beach house just doesn't seem big enough for so many people. Is there still room for Lexie?
In a voice that's sharp, funny, and sincere, Newbery Honor-winning author Audrey Couloumbis tells the story of a girl discovering that if you pay attention, sometimes you can find treasure in the most unlikely places.
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Ten-year-old Lexie used to love going to the shore. For as long as she can remember, she's spent every summer there with her parents, eating hamburgers, swimming in the ocean, and combing the beach for treasure.  This summer is going to be different though. Lexie's Mom and Daddy are divorced, and for the first time Mom won't be there. To make matters worse, Daddy has a surprise—his new girlfriend, Vicky, and her two sons are coming to stay with them for a week!  Now Lexie has to share her house with perky Vicky, Vicky's moody teenage son Ben, and messy three-year-old Harris. The little beach house just doesn't seem big enough for so many people. Is there still room for Lexie?
In a voice that's sharp, funny, and sincere, Newbery Honor-winning author Audrey Couloumbis tells the story of a girl discovering that if you pay attention, sometimes you can find treasure in the most unlikely places.
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        July 11, 2011
        "A big part of growing up is dealing with things we don't like," says 10-year-old Lexie's recently divorced mother when Lexie laments that her mother won't be part of this year's beach vacation. These words ring all the truer when Lexie's father informs her that his girlfriend and her children will be joining them. Lexie must move out of her bedroom into a closetlike space; aloof teenager Ben calls her father by his first name ("I didn't like it that he sounded like he'd known Daddy longer than I had"); and toddler Harris is a pest. Through Lexie's thoughtful, candid voice, Newbery Honor author Couloumbis (Getting Near to Baby) credibly conveys her ricocheting emotions and gradual acceptance of the new individuals in her life; Denos's loose b&w spot illustrations give readers a taste of the casual oceanside setting. Lexie's loyalty to her mother runs deep; when she learns that her father will remarry, she wonders, "Who was going to tell my mother?... I didn't want to know this if Mom didn't." Readers experiencing similar transitions should welcome this incisive yet gentle portrayal of adjusting to change. Ages 8–12.

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        May 1, 2011

        Quietly and ever so gently, Couloumbis explores the topics of divorce and remarriage and how they affect the children involved.

        Ten-year-old Lexie is off for a week at her family's beach cottage on the Jersey Shore, reluctantly leaving her mother behind for the first time since her parents' recent divorce. What she doesn't expect is that her father has invited his new "friend," Vicky, and her two children, 14-year-old Ben and 3-year-old always-sticky Harris, who makes constant truck noises, endearingly preferring to be called Mack—for the truck, of course. Vicky's Mary Tyler Moore smile, perpetually pasted on her face, makes her real feelings hard to read, and Ben's a bit prickly. What's worse is that Lexie didn't see it coming; her father, afraid of her reaction, hadn't told her this relationship is serious. The cottage is small, so all of them quite believably get in each other's way while exploring what this new family might feel like. Lexie's fears—becoming a guest in her father's house and that her mother will be deeply hurt—are valid, but her worries are eased by the loving relationships surrounding her. Convincing characters and solid dialogue enhance the credible plot, which is more focused on feelings than action.

        This tender, realistic tale might go a long way toward soothing the doubts of many children who are dealing with similarly trying situations. (Fiction. 9-12)

        (COPYRIGHT (2011) KIRKUS REVIEWS/NIELSEN BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

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        July 1, 2011

        Gr 3-5-Spending time at the beach house on the Jersey shore is filled with tradition and ritual, and 10-year-old Lexie has always loved it-until this year. It's the first summer after her parents' divorce, and everything has changed, especially when she discovers en route that she and her dad won't be alone. He neglected to tell her that his new girlfriend and her sons will be spending the entire week with them. Lexie finds herself sharing a small space with a woman who doesn't know the house rules and who sounds whiny; an adolescent boy; and an eternally grubby preschooler. She also sees a side of her father that is new to her. Lexie makes a keenly observant narrator, a believable only child who has spent much more time around adults than the average kid. Tuned in to emotions, both hers and those of the people around her, she makes a fine reporter as the two families work toward creating a new kind of normal. The characters seem remarkably real. Each one is flawed but also, by turns, warm, sympathetic, and likable. The action is largely interpersonal, yet the depiction of the ebb and flow of family life by an insider turned observer is a memorable testament to its importance in our lives. Readers will continue to think about Lexie's family and their own long after reading the last page.-Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library District, Elgin, IL

        Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        July 1, 2011
        Grades 3-6 Ten-year-old Lexie knows that it will seem strange spending a week at the beach house with just her father, now that her parents are divorced. But she is unprepared for how she'll feel when she learns, en route, that he has invited Vickya woman she has only briefly metand her two sons to stay with them all week in the tiny house. Two days later, Lexie is blindsided when one of the boys lets another bit of unwelcome news slip. As the first-person narrator, Lexie acutely observes the actions and emotions of those around her, and she expresses herself with uncommon clarity and self-awareness. While the characters share meals, deal with sand-flea bites, and rescue a sand shark, this precisely worded story explores the nuances of Lexie's feelings about her father and the three strangers who quickly (maybe too quickly) become familiar to her. Adding to the book's appeal are the winsome jacket art and the full-page drawings appearing at the beginning of each chapter.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)

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        July 1, 2011
        Lexie's father asks a "friend," Vicky, and her two sons, to join their father-daughter vacation. All of a sudden Lexie feels like a visitor in her own summer home. Small details define the novel, told from Lexie's introspective point of view. Couloumbis wisely doesn't end with everyone living happily ever after, suggesting instead that Lexie just makes the best of her situation.

        (Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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        July 1, 2011
        Her parents' divorce triggers another unpleasant change for almost-eleven-year-old Lexie: only Lexie and Dad will vacation at the shore this summer. Lexie looks forward to spending time alone with Dad, but not to the unfamiliar routine. Her mother explains, "A big part of growing up is dealing with things we don't like," and this summer brings a lot not to like. Lexie's father asks a "friend," Vicky, and her two sons, teenage Ben and his little brother Harris, to join the vacation. All of a sudden Lexie feels like a visitor in her summer home, a feeling that only intensifies when her father admits that he and Vicky are marrying. Small details define this decidedly interior novel, told from Lexie's introspective point of view. For example, a saddened Lexie realizes that her dad tells Ben and Harris the same jokes he once exclusively shared with her, and Ben quietly withdraws when the two adults show affection toward each other. Couloumbis compresses a lot of change, both endured and accepted, into a single week, but wisely doesn't end with everyone living happily ever after. Instead, she suggests that the young characters are caught in an inevitable situation and might just make the best of it. betty carter

        (Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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In a voice that's sharp, funny, and sincere, Newbery Honor-winning author Audrey Couloumbis tells the story of a girl discovering that if you pay attention, sometimes you can find treasure in the most unlikely places.
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