McTavish Goes Wild by Grace Easton, Meg Rosoff
ISBN: 1536203319
Genres: Adventure, Animals
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Summer vacation is here, and the Peachey family decides to go camping. McTavish couldn’t be more pleased with this decision because he gets to come along. When McTavish decides the Peachey family is being too lazy and grumpy, he goes rogue and leads them on a woods adventure.

This is a great story of family, adventure, and fun. The text is interesting in that the story is written for young readers, but it has a lot of advanced words. For this reason, I wouldn’t recommend this book to a struggling reader because it’s only likely to cause more frustration. The story, however, is a good one. There are a few illustrations, but they do little to further the story and really just break up the text a bit. Recommended for 3rd grade and up.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME