Bookhounds YA

Books, Gardens, and Dogs

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • Giveaways
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Review Policy

#Giveaway Review The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner @JenniferWeiner @SimonKids 9.22

September 13, 2016 By Mary

#Giveaway Review The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner @JenniferWeiner @SimonKids 9.22The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner
ISBN: 1481470744
Published by Aladdin on September 13th 2016
Pages: 304
Goodreads
four-half-stars

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a laugh-out-loud funny and painstakingly real tale of friendship, furry creatures, and finding the place where you belong.
Alice Mayfair, twelve years old, slips through the world unseen and unnoticed. Ignored by her family and shipped off to her eighth boarding school, Alice would like a friend. And when she rescues Millie Maximus from drowning in a lake one day, she finds one.
But Millie is a Bigfoot, part of a clan who dwells deep in the woods. Most Bigfoots believe that people—NoFurs, as they call them—are dangerous, yet Millie is fascinated with the No-Fur world. She is convinced that humans will appreciate all the things about her that her Bigfoot tribe does not: her fearless nature, her lovely singing voice, and her desire to be a star.
Alice swears to protect Millie’s secret. But a league of Bigfoot hunters is on their trail, led by a lonely kid named Jeremy. And in order to survive, Alice and Millie have to put their trust in each other—and have faith in themselves—above all else.

MY THOUGHTS

Alice is an awkward twelve-year-old, that at times, is pushed around by her peers and changes schools trying to fit in.   Millie is another outcast for similar reasons except that she belongs to the Yare tribe which is really another type of being which we know as Bigfoots.  Unfortunately for Millie, she is the smallest of all the Bigfoots and doesn’t fit in with them at all.  Both Alice and Millie both yearn for knowledge and want to fit someplace.  When Alice transfers to a school in upstate New York near a lake, she finds Millie drowning and saves her.

Millie hides her appearance from Alice until she no longer can but by then, the two have grown close. When the outside world, in the form of a boy, tries to hunt down the Yare tribe, Alice and Millie band together to stand up to keep their secrets.  This is a true story of friendship, acceptance, and growing that come with being a preteen.  The story reflects on several different themes about being different, bullies and how to work together.  It also contains a lot of humorous elements and leaves an opening for a follow-up.  Jennifer Weiner is one of my favorite authors and she has done a great job entering the middle-grade scene.

About the Author

Jennifer Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen books, including Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, which was made into a major motion picture, and Who Do You Love. A graduate of Princeton University and contributor to the New York Times Opinion section, Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.

Want to win a copy?

**Giveaway Ends 9.22.16 and open to all who can legally enter.
Open to residents of the US Only
Must be over 18 or have your parents permission to enter.
An email will be sent and you have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen.
Winner will be announced within 48 hours at the end of the giveaway.
Giveaway is organized by Bookhounds and sponsored by the publisher
It has no affiliation with Facebook, Twitter or any other entity.
Void where prohibited.**
Not Responsible for lost, stolen or misdirected prizes.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

four-half-stars

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • More
  • TSU
  • Share on Tumblr

Related Posts

  • Related Posts
  • Same Genre
  • 4.5 Star Books
#Giveaway Excerpt CURSE UNDONE by Brandie June @brandiejune @CamCatBooks @RockstarBkTours Ends 11.22
#Giveaway Why STEM? by Valerie Tripp #Win Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad #3: The Law of Cavities Ends 11.13 @mediamastersbks
Review Pippa Park Crush at First Sight by Erin Yun @ErinMYun @fabled_films @mediamastersbks
#Giveaway How I Came to Write The Time Fetch by Amy Herrick #Win THE TILTERSMITH @AmyEHerrick @AlgonquinYR @mediamastersbks Ends 11.6
#Giveaway NO ADMISSIONS by Brittany Geragotelis @TheBookSlayer @PixelandInkBks @HolidayHouseBks @RockstarBkTours Ends 10.25
#Giveaway Review CITY SPIES By James Ponti @JamesPonti @SimonKIDS @RockstarBkTours Ends 3.15
#Giveaway Review FAIRY MOM AND ME: UNICORN WISHES by Sophie Kinsella@KinsellaSophie @randomhousekids @RockstarBkTours Ends 2.16
#Giveaway Review MINDY KIM and The Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee @lylawritesbooks @SimonKids Ends 1.30
#Giveaway Review Interview QUEEN OF THE SEA by Dylan Meconis @dmeconis @walkerbooksus Ends 7.18
#Giveway Review PLANET EARTH IS BLUE by Nicole Panteleakos @NicWritesBooks ‏Ends 5.19
Review Pippa Park Crush at First Sight by Erin Yun @ErinMYun @fabled_films @mediamastersbks
#Giveaway 1-2-3-4, I DECLARE A THUMB WAR by Lisi Harrison & Daniel Kraus @LisiHarrison @DanielDKraus @UnionSquareKids @RockstarBkTours Ends 9.13
#Giveaway Review BALLAD & DAGGER by Daniel José Older @djolder @DisneyBooks @LetsTalkYA @rickriordan @RockstarBkTours Ends 6.3
#Giveaway Review BRAVELY by Maggie Stiefvater @mstiefvater @DisneyBooks @LetsTalkYA @RockstarBkTours Ends 6.3
#Giveaway Review WHEN I’M WITH YOU by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler @PatZMiller @WheelerStudio @LittleBrownYR @RockstarBkTourso Ends 3.14

Comments

  1. Suzy says

    September 13, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    I just finished The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena.

  2. Carl says

    September 13, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    The Stolen Lake by Joan Aiken.

  3. Sherry Compton says

    September 14, 2016 at 4:44 am

    I just read Troublemaker.

  4. Courtney h says

    September 14, 2016 at 7:27 am

    Geek Love, it’s really good!

  5. danielle hammelef says

    September 14, 2016 at 10:22 am

    The last book I read was The Girl Who Fell.

  6. Anne says

    September 14, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Rainy day Sisters.

  7. Kimberly S says

    September 15, 2016 at 1:47 am

    It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover.

  8. Viki S. says

    September 15, 2016 at 1:23 pm

    MEETINGS by Ellen E. Colangelo.

  9. Karen Propes says

    September 16, 2016 at 3:29 am

    Sully: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesley B., III Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow

  10. Sandra Watts says

    September 16, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    Dead Willow by Joe Sharp.

  11. Caryn S says

    September 17, 2016 at 7:36 am

    Booked by Kwame Alexander

  12. BookAttict says

    September 18, 2016 at 10:51 am

    Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb and Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire.

  13. dianna says

    September 18, 2016 at 5:38 pm

    Girl on a Plane — really interesting, and based on true events.

  14. Lana simanovicki says

    September 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    Not without my daughter

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Goodreads
  • Email

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 29,786 other subscribers
You'd have to have, like, a lentil for a soul to hate wiener dogs. ~Zuzana from The Daughter of Smoke & Bones by Laini Taylor

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2023 ·Modern Blogger Pro · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · Design by Imagination Designs all images form the Future is Steampunk kit by Marta Van Eck WordPress · Log in