![]() ![]() Figuratively, it's the door we all open when we make the sometimes scary decision to reach out to another human being. Literally, it's the door to the girls' bathroom at school, where she finds Colleen Pomerantz (a kind, sensitive girl and not one of the usual 7th grade criers) sobbing over a problem with a friend. This story begins Emma Jean Lazarus opens a door. I've already brought the book back to the library, but I wanted to add that in the author's bio in the back inside cover of the book, she writes something about how we're all trying to communicate with one another and some of us have a more difficult time than others, and that message was part of what she was trying to convey in this book. I hope that there are more Emma-Jean books and this story would also make a wonderful movie if it was done right. I do have a slight quibble with how neatly certain events got wrapped up at the end, but I just love this book, and I fell in love with Emma-Jean. Emma-Jean's bird was yet another appealing character. Colleen and the other middle school kids are also interesting, and I appreciate how the adult characters are more fleshed out than they are in some kids’ books. ![]() Emma-Jean is an endearingly strange (strange = extraordinary, remarkable, singular) character. ![]() This book is utterly delightful, sweet, and very smart. ![]()
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