The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Published by Wendy Lamb Books on April 7, 2020
ISBN: 1101938099
Pages: 224
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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10 year old Bea splits her time between her mom and her dad who lives with his boyfriend.  She has acclimated well to the split and gets along well with her new family members.  However, she seems to have some anger issues that she’s seeing a therapist for.  Her therapist helps her to accept her faults and learn that good people can do bad things, and that doesn’t make them bad.  Between dealing with her eczema, her anxieties and the changes in her life, she sets a good example for how to make it through the tween years.  Stead’s characters are incredibly authentic, and even the secondary characters are pretty well developed.  Recommended for ages 8-12.

Reviewed by Kara Reiman, Maine State Library