Hazel's Theory of Evolution

Name: Hazel's Theory of Evolution
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Jenn Bigelow
ISBN: 9780062986894

Author: Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/08/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Children's Lifestyles

Synopsis

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award!The Thing About Jellyfish meets Raymie Nightingale in this tender middle grade novel from Lisa Jenn Bigelow, acclaimed author of Drum Roll, Please.Hazel knows a lot about the world. That’s because when she’s not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias.But even Hazel doesn’t have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. What if no one at her new school gets her, and she doesn't make any friends? What’s going to happen to one of her moms, who’s pregnant again after having two miscarriages? Why does everything have to change when life was already perfectly fine?As Hazel struggles to cope, she’ll come to realize that sometimes you have to look within yourself—instead of the pages of a book—to find the answer to life’s most important questions.

About Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Lisa Jenn Bigelow grew up in Kalamazoo and still considers the Mitten State home. Lisa’s young adult novel, Starting from Here, was named a Rainbow List Top Ten Book by the American Library Association. Drum Roll, Please is her middle grade debut. When she isn’t writing, she serves as a youth librarian in the Chicago suburbs. Visit her online at www.lisajennbigelow.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anniek on May 17, 2020

This book was very different from what I expected, but it was also very good. It's mainly about one of Hazel's mums being pregnant again after two miscarriages, and Hazel having a hard time dealing with her anxiety surrounding this pregnancy. At the same time, Hazel is starting at a new school and f......more

Goodreads review by laura on June 30, 2019

Full review to come soon but I loved this a lot......more

Goodreads review by Nev on January 18, 2020

For the majority of this book I was feeling like this was a 3 or 3.5 star read. There definitely wasn’t anything wrong with it, but I also wasn’t totally engrossed by the story. Hazel has to move to a different school and ends up drifting away from her only friend while also dealing with the stress......more

Goodreads review by •°• gabs •°• on May 04, 2021

cw: past miscarriages, mention of past self harm......more

Goodreads review by Kerry (lines i underline) on June 20, 2021

4.0⭐️ “There are so many good ways to be in this world.” This beautiful message encapsulates a lot of what this book is all about. I haven’t read a Middle Grade novel that offers representation in so many ways, without it seeming at all effort full or done to check boxes. This is a book that will giv......more