The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found (The Vanderbeekers, #4) by Karina Yan Glaser
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on September 15, 2020
ISBN: 0358256194
Pages: 351
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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It’s fall on 141st Street, and everyone is working to help get Mr. Beiderman ready to run the NYC marathon. Additionally, they’re ensuring the mysterious person who is sleeping in their garden shed gets enough food and is comfortable, but when the identity of this person becomes clear, things get more personal and really helping feels urgent.

This is the fourth book in the Vanderbeekers series, and fans of the previous books won’t be disappointed. All the favorite characters are there, and the plot flows well. This volume does get a bit more into bigger social issues like economic inequality, family dynamics, adoption/foster care, and it does so with grace. It isn’t necessary to have read all the previous books in the series to understand this one, but the characters and their relationships will be much more developed if one has read the previous books. Recommended for readers 4th grade and up.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME