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Jan 27, 2019darladoodles rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Isabella is an eleven-year-old girl living two lives: one with her white mother and boyfriend with an awesome monster truck; another with her buttoned up black father, his decorator girlfriend and her over-achieving son. What I liked about the book was the honest depiction of life as a daughter of divorced parents. For the most part the relationship is amicable, but friction still erupts from time to time trapping Isabella in the middle. While riding with her soon-to-be stepbrother to her big piano recital (Pianopalooza), conflict comes in out of left field. The police scene is jarring and demonstrates a substantial lack of training on the part of the officers in that town. We are all appalled by such behavior. Would have liked to read about changes/ramifications to department members from their lack of judgment.