Ida B.: 11/20/12

Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan is about a girl who has to come to terms with some huge changes in her life. First and foremost, her mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Second, she can no longer be home schooled. Third, and perhaps, worst, for her, her parents have sold off a portion of their apple orchard.

Ida B. spends most of her free time in the orchard. She has names and personalities for each of the trees. Ida B. has her way of doing things. Being a precocious, only child, she has until now, gotten her way. Now, though, to her dismay, she has to adjust. It takes her nearly the full year at school to finally warm to her teacher.

I listened to the audio, a short three discs, performed by Lili Taylor. She just brought Ida B. to life. The things Ida B. goes through are just heart breaking and Taylor brings all that emotion to her performance.

Five stars

Comments (2)

Comment #1: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 19:45:01

Shannon Clark

I loved this book as well when I read it! :)

Comment #2: Saturday, December 01, 2012 at 17:19:21

Pussreboots

It was a good but too quick audio book.