![]() Hi guys! By this time, most schools should be starting school, which inspired the theme for this month’s LILbooKtalk about instilling a love of reading in students. Ultimately, it made me feel grateful that I have a tremendous outpouring of support from my three best friends and my caring family.Ĭontinue reading “ARC Review: The Right Hook of Devin Velma by Jake Burt - A Charming Story about Fame and Friendship that Felt Real and Relatable” → Throughout the story, I laughed and I cried. The Right Hook of Devin Velma is a charming story about two young boys attempting to preserve their friendship and their families as they formulate a plan to gain fame and fortune. Weeks later, I decided to restart and pick it back up, and I did not ever want to put it down. When I first started The Right Hook of Devin Velma, the story did not click with me at first, and I had to set it down since I wanted to read another book at the time. Please note that this review is based off an uncorrected galley, so changes could have been made in the published draft. ![]() This will not affect my review in any way. The Right Hook of Devin Velma releases from Feiwel & Friends on October 2nd! Pre-order it today!Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million | IndieBound | Book Depositoryĭisclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. With memorable protagonists and a wonderful supporting cast, The Right Hook of Devin Velma is a one-of-kind knockout in middle-grade fiction. No matter what, though, it’s risky for both of them, and when the big day finally comes, Devin’s plan threatens more than just their friendship. Maybe it all goes back to the Double-Barreled Monkey Bar Backflip of Doom. Maybe it has something to do with Devin’s dad’s hospital bills. How’s he supposed to handle the possibility of being a viral sensation?Īddi’s not sure why Devin is bent on pulling off this almost-impossible feat. Addison can’t turn Devin down, but he can barely manage talking to his teachers without freezing up. As she barely balances the responsibilities of her new identity, Nicki learns that the biggest threats to her family’s security might not lurk on the road from New York to North Carolina, but rather in her own past.Jake Burt's debut middle-grade novel Greetings from Witness Protection! is as funny as it is poignant.Hi guys! Today’s review is on The Right Hook of Devin Velma, the long-awaited sophomore standalone novel of Jake Burt, who wrote the heartwarming debut Greetings from Witness Protection!I definitely enjoyed his first novel, so I was really excited to be able to have the opportunity to read his next one! If you had missed it, Jake was recently on my blog with Rebecca Donnelly in August’s LILbooKtalk on “Back to School: Instilling a Love of Reading in Students.” Don’t miss it–it was an amazing discussion! I hope you enjoy this review!įrom the author of Greetings from Witness Protection! comes another unforgettable middle-grade novel about friendship and family.ĭevin wants to hit it big on the internet by pulling a stunt at an NBA game–one the entire nation will be watching. After all, the bad guys are searching for a family with one kid, not two, and adding a streetwise girl who knows a little something about hiding things may be just what the marshals need.Nicki swears she can keep the Trevor family safe, but to do so she’ll have to dodge hitmen, cyberbullies, and the specter of standardized testing, all while maintaining her marshal-mandated B-minus average. ![]() Marshals’ best bet to keep a family alive.The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the nation’s most notorious criminals. Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket.
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