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About Zinnia And The Bees
Product Description Talk about having a lousy day. While Zinnia's seventh grade classmates are celebrating the last day of school, she's cooped up in the vice principal's office, serving detention. Her offense? Yarn bombing a statue of the school mascot. And when Zinnia rushes home to commiserate with her older brother, Adam, who also happens to be her best friend, she's devastated to discover that he's left home with no explanation. Just when it looks like Zinnia's day can't possibly get any worse, a colony of frantic honeybees mistakes her hair for a hive and lands on her head! Told from the alternating perspectives of Zinnia a humorous young loner and knitter and an unintentionally comical hive of honeybees, this quirky, heartfelt novel will strike a chord with anyone who has ever felt alone, betrayed, or misunderstood as it explores the challenges that come with learning to trust yourself and the often messy process of discovering the true meaning to home. From School Library Journal Gr 4–7—They had trusted bee 641, had thought she would find them a new home when they escaped from their hive to become wild and free. They did not plan on living their days out in the curly mess of hair on this human's head, but here they were. Meanwhile, said human, Zinnia, hadn't anticipated spending the summer wearing a hoodie to cover a buzzing mess of bees. In fact, she is not having the summer she expected at all. Her yarn bomb on the last day of school had, well, bombed, and she came home to find that her older brother and most important person in her life, Adam, had left without an explanation. Then Birch, the odd nephew of Zinnia's neighbor, comes to stay for the summer. Zinnia starts to understand what friendship and family really mean and in the process loses and gains some things (the bees, friends). Alternating between Zinnia's and the bees' perspective, this novel forces readers to suspend disbelief, though it does not quite verge into magical realism. Despite the outlandish premise, Davis does an excellent job crafting human characters who are varied in their emotions and grow in awareness. The solution to Zinnia's problems is believable and clever yet still leaves room for change. VERDICT A good fit for a larger collection looking for unusual books on friendship and growing up.—Clare A. Dombrowski, Amesbury Public Library, MA About the Author Danielle Davis grew up in Singapore and Hong Kong and now lives in Los Angeles where she reads, writes, and roller skates. She's earned an M.A. in Literature and Creative Writing and her short stories have been published in literary magazines. She's had the privilege of teaching English to middle school and community college students and currently volunteers with literary orgainzations in L.A. Zinnia and the Bees is her first novel.
