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Title: And Sometimes Y
Subtitle: Howling Vowels, Volume 2
Author: Leslie Schultz, J.J.M. Braulick
Narrator: Carol Mintz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-08-14
Publisher: Do Life Right, Inc.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
More adventures of Howling Vowels!
Welcome back to Sundog, Minnesota! In the three years since their adventures in the Howling Vowels, Alexa Stevens and her four friends have each grown and changed, but they are still as close as ever. It's April, and they are looking forward to a spring and summer filled with riding horses, playing with dogs, hanging out at the pool and the library, and finishing a big project: making their own movie, complete with music, scenery, and costumes! But when a new boy moves to town - a boy who has no friends - will they be able to penetrate his mysterious exterior and welcome him in?
A = Alexa
A lover of words, questions, and animals, she is quirky and sprightly and wants to know everything, so that she can know the whole story.
E = Eduardo
Tall, approachable, and calm, he loves magic, performance, and tales of adventure, and it's easy for him to find common ground with new people.
I = Isabelle
Small of stature but great of heart, she is skilled in making beautiful things and committed to speaking up for what is kind and true and reaching out to anyone in need.
O = Otto
Likeable and funny, and always in motion, he always means well, but sometimes his foot leaves the stage and ends up in his mouth.
U = Ursula
Strong and brave, she returns from 10 months on the island of Ireland more daring and determined than ever, filled with passions for horses and steampunk.
And then there's Y...
Y = Yves
Brooding and sometimes rude, he carries a foreigner's suspicion of this Midwestern town and a battered sense of himself. Will he be his own worst enemy? Or will he break through the confusing signals and oscillating impressions he sends? Will he win new friends?
Members Reviews:
Delightful
And Sometimes Y offers another look into life in Sundog, MN. I enjoyed it as much as the first book, The Howling Vowels. The imagery invoked throughout the story was delightful. Reading how Alexa and the Vowels wrestle with issues brought by a stranger was riveting. I was happy that "Y" became a friend and was helped by the Vowels. I loved the recipes at the end of the book.
Relationships
I admire the mother - daughter authors and how they combined to relate opportunities offered to a newly-minted teenager. The character Alexa is a mature 13 year-old who appreciates the opportunities given to her by her family and especially her old vowel friends and her new sometimes-y friend Yves. It is interesting to follow the friends' thoughts as each approaches his friendship with Yves.