The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister
Charlotte Agell
Christy Ottaviano Books, 2010
$16.95, Hardcover
978-0805089028
March 5th, 2012
Genre:
Realistic, Humor
Age: 8+
Description:
India is a nine-year-old
girl living in Maine
who has a series of adventures that bring her closer to her artist mother,
strengths her friendship with the neighbor boy, and helps her accept the man
for whom her father left her family for.
Opinion:
Agell manages to hit on a lot of serious stuff in a mildly humorous manner
which really makes this novel shine. India is actually Chinese and was
adapted by her parents. Her mother, an artist, is pretty self-sufficient and is
a survivor of breast cancer. She actually has a mold statue of her breast made
before she lost it hanging in their living room. There is even an illustration
(the book is lightly illustrated with small line drawings) and India
actually addressed the situation of how people (especially guys) act around
seeing a “boob” in her living room—and how embarrassing that is. India’s
father is gay and lives with his new boyfriend, Richard. India tries her best to be polite
around Richard even though she feels like he took her dad away from her. A lot
happens in this short (150 pages) book, but it really shows the life of India
and makes readers truly care about her. A sequel would be most welcomed in my
opinion.
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