All the Answers

Kate Messner

2015

Ratings5

Average rating3.8

Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.

Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers during a math test that it will answer factual questions. As she continues to use it, the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.

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Coleen

I like this mostly realistic fiction with a touch of magic book. Ava finds a pencil that gives her all the answers, or so she thinks. It answers all the “easy” questions like what is the formula to find the circumference of a circle, however it doesn't tell her intangible answers like who the first boy her best friend will kiss or if her parents will get a divorce. Ava also suffers from anxiety so asking some of these questions make her want to ask more and more questions. Ones that she may not like the answer to.
All in all I'd say Ava and her story are relatable even if she had to use a “magic” pencil to find some answers for herself. I'd definitely recommend it to 8-12 year olds who like realistic fiction and don't mind a little bit of magic too.

January 3, 2016