Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group)
Publishing Date: June 27, 2023
Synopsis:
From a critically acclaimed author comes a fantastical middle grade novel about a boy determined to prove there’s more than just the weather behind his rainy town.
Oscar Buckle lives in a city where it’s always raining. And when it isn’t raining, it’s about to rain, so the townspeople have learned to embrace it. Oscar’s father is an umbrella maker—appropriate for a place where you can’t leave home without one!—but while Buckle Umbrellas are strong, reliable, and high quality, they’re expensive . Because of this, people are buying from the competitor instead, which is threatening Oscar’s family’s business.
To make ends meet, Oscar is forced to quit school and work in his father’s shop as an apprentice. But when extraordinary events start to occur in their rainy town, Oscar becomes suspicious of their competitor. Desperate to save his town, Oscar must enlist the help of his best friend, Saige, to discover if there’s more than nature involved in their city’s weather.
Content Warning: Grief, loss of a parent
my Review:
This story was set in the country Roan on a planet called Erde. It constantly rained in Roan. There are many kinds of rain, each with very interesting names. First of all, I love this whole world setting. It’s just that I knew I would love this book from the beginning.
Twelve-year-old Oscar has a passion for craving wooden pieces into animals or birds. When his family was unstable, his father asked him to give up his studies and help him work in his shop, Buckle Umbrellas. I love how the author expressed the struggle of fulfilling one’s parent’s needs while trying to hold on to one’s passion.
Oscar’s friend Saige was such a total nerd and an entirely optimistic girl. I loved their friendship so much. They seemed so real with their teasing talks, terrace tent and secret codes.
The chosen-one plot didn’t fail to amaze me. As I said earlier, it continuously rained in Roan, but its rainy weather has been uneven and harsh for a decade. I absolutely loved the fascinating and captivating adventure Oscar and Saige had as they tried to bring back the real Roan.
“The Umbrella Maker’s Son” takes place in a fantasy world and offers a delightful blend of fun, heartwarming friendship, a touch of magic, and thrilling adventure.
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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About the author:
Katrina Leno was born on the East Coast and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels for young adults: Sometime in Summer, Horrid, You Must Not Miss, Summer of Salt, Everything All at Once, The Lost & Found, and The Half-Life of Molly Pierce. Her eighth novel (and first middle grade) The Umbrella Maker’s Son, arrives June 27, 2023. She thinks you are just lovely.
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