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Roberts, Barbara Carroll

The Metamorphosis of Bunny Baxter

240 pp. | Holiday/Ferguson | July, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9780823458561 $18.99
(3) 4-6 Due to redistricting, Bunny starts seventh grade at a new, unfamiliar school. It’s a rough start — so bad that she tries to misbehave enough to be expelled — but Bunny eventually finds joy, and friendship, in planning and planting a pollinator garden as a class project. Bunny’s passion for insects and plants is evident, even contagious (gardening resources are appended for those interested in learning more) and her “metamorphosis” from wanting to escape her situation to finding a place to belong is deeply satisfying.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Kerns

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