![]() ![]() I was so mad that this story ended with everything being totally cool between dad and daughter. He is incapable of giving her any kind of credit for her achievements, chalking them all up to circumstance or his own intervention, and when she finally forces him to recognize how talented she is, he whines like a spoiled princess because he feels mildly inconvenienced. He was just the most obnoxious kind of hipster man-child-an artist who is so busy spouting know-it-all garbage and buzzwords at his daughter that he forgets to actually be her dad. ![]() ![]() The only aspect of this story that really bothered me was Lucy's absent photographer father. I think this book really captures that spirit. For two weeks, it didn't matter if you were a boy or a girl, or if you were the oldest or the youngest-you were best friends with everyone else there. My family used to go to a lake like this one every Summer with two or three other families, and I remember that there was a certain magic to those trips that rendered invisible all of the differences between us kids. This is a great summer read for a 10 or 11 year-old girl, especially someone who may not be ready for more mature content. ![]()
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