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    The Marble Queen
    The Marble Queen
    The Marble Queen
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Marble Queen

    Written by Stephanie J. Blake

    Narrated by Kelly Fogwell

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Freedom Jane McKenzie isn’t good at following the rules. She’s good at getting into trouble—and playing marbles. All she wants is to enter the marble competition at the Autumn Jubilee and show the boys in the neighborhood that she’s the best player. First, Freedom has to convince her mother to let her enter. But there’s a new baby on the way, Freedom’s daddy is drinking too much, her little brother is a handful, and her mother is even more difficult than usual. Freedom learns that when it comes to love, friendship, and family, sometimes there are no rules.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 18, 2012
    ISBN9781469215761
    The Marble Queen
    Author

    Stephanie J. Blake

    Stephanie J. Blake loves black jellybeans. She is scared of the dark. She reads lots of books. She’s a terrible driver. She eats chocolate. A lot. Sometimes she has déjà vu, and she likes it. Her middle name is Jane. The Marble Queen is her first book. When she’s not in front of the computer, she can be found in her backyard in Colorado with her husband, their three boys, and their two dogs. If she weren’t a writer, she’d be a country singer. Or maybe a pastry chef. Stephanie is also a member of the Apocalypsies, a group of children’s and young adult authors debuting in 2012, and Smack Dab in the Middle, a middle grade authors’ blog.

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    • 3/5
      Narrated by Kelly Fogwell. In 1959 Idaho, Freedom McKenzie is on the cusp of adolescence but she still loves to get down in the dirt and play marbles. She intends to enter the marbles competition at the Autumn Jubilee even though her mother wants her to be more ladylike. Her dad drinks more beer than he should, the neighborhood boys don't want to play marbles with her anymore, and the feared older lady next door ends up becoming a friend. Fogwell nicely brings out the everyday ups and downs of Freedom's life and her spirited personality. Dad's drinking is not presented in a dark light although the mother is obviously put out and disappointed by it. When he decides to do right and stop drinking, it's not a struggle. He just does it.
    • 4/5
      A charming book. I am sure that kids in grades 3-6 will thoroughly enjoy it. I will be passing this along to an avid grade 5 reader shortly and I am sure that she will love it.

      I received this as a first read book.

      (I did pass this along to my friend's daughter who is in grade 5 and she loved it!)