Book title: Blended
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Recommended reading age: 10-12
Recommended grade level: 3-7
Print length: 320 pages
Language: English

Blended by Sharon M. Draper is an extraordinary book that covers topics like self-esteem, family, racism, and defining yourself. The main character, Isabella Thornton, is an 11-year-old piano lover that has to face the differences between her parents, with a wealthy black dad and a white diner-waitress mom. Throughout the book, we get to experience the downfalls and uplifts of her family situation and how it affects her ordinary life. Through a divorce, she is constantly being pulled back and forth between her parents, each time experiencing their arguments and fights because of her. She struggles with her family’s situation and starts to question who she is. Thus, she embarks on a journey about defining herself, in which she encounters love and disaster. With a story full of kindness and tragedy, It is definitely a book to look out for!