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HMH Books for Young Readers (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 368 pages
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As they look forward to the New York City Marathon in which their friend Mr. B. will run, the Vanderbeeker children learn that one of their good friends is homeless.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The Vanderbeeker family returns in this fourth adventure, facing some of the toughest challenges they have ever experienced with love, understanding and creativity. As the Vanderbeeker's neighbor, friend and landlord, Mr. Biedermann, prepares for his first New York Marathon, the children discover the death of beloved Mr. Jeet . Other, more everyday experiences are also explored, from schoolgirl misunderstandings to Halloween races, but the narrative focuses primarily on these two main story-lines, touching upon issues of homelessness, mental illness, and loss. In the end, the loving bonds of community that the Vanderbeekers have built around them lead both to healing, and to a solution to a very thorny problem...
I found The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found every bit as heartwarming and emotionally satisfying as its predecessors, and raced through it in a single reading session. Although it touched upon some very serious issues, and was often quite poignant - I found myself tearing up on more than one occasion, while reading - it still managed to maintain the sense of humor and feeling of joy to be found in previous installments of the series. There are times, reading Karina Yan Glaser's books, that I feel as if I am seeing the world as it ought to be, rather than as it truly is. Perhaps this feeling is partly owing to the fact that I myself do not belong to such a close-knit community as the one depicted here, and wonder if it is too good to be true. Then again, perhaps I simply encounter the goodhearted wholesomeness exemplified by the Vanderbeekers and their circle more frequently in vintage children's fare, and am therefore surprised to find it in a current novel. Whatever the case may be, there is no doubt that Glaser manages to be contemporary and current, in the best possible way, with a diverse and appealing cast of characters, but to also retain an almost old-fashioned sense of the goodness of people, and of our culture. Highly recommended, to anyone who has read the previous three books about the Vanderbeekers and their wonderful world on 141st Street.
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that the homeless MP ("mysterious person") using the shed at their community garden is someone they all know and love. While trying to find a solution to this problem, the children, their parents, and their wider circle of friends must also confront a devastating loss, in the form of I found The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found every bit as heartwarming and emotionally satisfying as its predecessors, and raced through it in a single reading session. Although it touched upon some very serious issues, and was often quite poignant - I found myself tearing up on more than one occasion, while reading - it still managed to maintain the sense of humor and feeling of joy to be found in previous installments of the series. There are times, reading Karina Yan Glaser's books, that I feel as if I am seeing the world as it ought to be, rather than as it truly is. Perhaps this feeling is partly owing to the fact that I myself do not belong to such a close-knit community as the one depicted here, and wonder if it is too good to be true. Then again, perhaps I simply encounter the goodhearted wholesomeness exemplified by the Vanderbeekers and their circle more frequently in vintage children's fare, and am therefore surprised to find it in a current novel. Whatever the case may be, there is no doubt that Glaser manages to be contemporary and current, in the best possible way, with a diverse and appealing cast of characters, but to also retain an almost old-fashioned sense of the goodness of people, and of our culture. Highly recommended, to anyone who has read the previous three books about the Vanderbeekers and their wonderful world on 141st Street.
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LibraryThing member deslivres5
Another fantastic installment of the Vanderbeekers series! The Vanderbeekers #4, The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found by Karina Yan Glaser, dealt with some tough issues (illness and homelessness) in such a kind and heartfelt way with everyone rallying around to support one another. The family of 7 (and
I can't wait to see the Vanderbeekers continue to grow up along with the next book in the series.
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their neighbors) you can't help but love also had their share of Fall adventures to contend with (Halloween, the NYC marathon, shyness, another homecoming dance).I can't wait to see the Vanderbeekers continue to grow up along with the next book in the series.
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LibraryThing member MichelleRohrbach
Excellent, like the whole series, but with a tinge of sadness. Cant wait for #5!
Awards
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Intermediate — 2021)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2020)
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English
Physical description
8.25 inches
ISBN
0358256194 / 9780358256199