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My review
This was a fantastic mystery novel that included a time-traveling twist. I am so glad that the adults were included, and they weren't the useless, clueless, empty characters that some middle grades and YA have so the kids can be the heroes. This book focuses on diversity and community. Sometimes, adults make mistakes as well but in this novel, they believe in their kids. Loved the twist and the quirks of each character. Not only deals with solving the mystery of a missing person but also dealing with the cancer of close family.
An uplifting, optimistic novel when time traveling wasn't useless in the present.
Book Info:
The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery
Publishing Date: September 3, 2024
Synopsis:
An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor! A captivating adventure perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Only Murders in the Building.
Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendent’s kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment building, so she knows pretty much everything there is to know about its residents. An aspiring reporter, she even hosts a secret podcast about the lives of the building’s tenants. It’s a good distraction from the problems in her own life.
But when Katya Petrov, one of her favorite tenants, goes missing, Roya discovers an eerie connection to Grandmother’s Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. “Grandmother” has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend who’s just moved in, it’s up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all.
Book Links:
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-queen-of-ocean-parkway-sarvenaz-tash/1144624035
About the Author:
Sarvenaz Tash is the author of The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love (an Amazon Best Book of the Year, YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers), Virtually Yours, Three Day Summer, The Mapmaker and the Ghost, and co-author of Ghosting: A Love Story and Hollywood Ending. She was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up on Long Island, NY. She received her BFA in Film and Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, which means she got to spend most of college running around and making movies (it was a lot of fun). She has dabbled in all sorts of writing including screenwriting, copywriting, and professional tweeting for the likes of Bravo and MTV. Sarvenaz currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.sarvenaztash.com/
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