Review: And Then, Boom!

And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

thought provoking

This book opened my eyes to how kids go hungry in our country everyday and often times we don’t even realize the signs. I liked how Fipps puts her protagonist on a realistic roller coaster of emotions. I appreciate that she doesn’t sugar coat the story nor take the easy way out when resolving his situation. She captures the strength and resilience of kids but also the emotional struggles and coping mechanisms they shouldn’t need at such a young age I look forward to reading whatever she writes next

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   7

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    7

TBR 25 in 25 # 7

 Literary Escapes  (Destination) IN

Alphabet Soup #AlphabetSoupChallenge   A

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  F

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  19. at least one person of color (POC)

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  17) Told in verse

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  34. A book title that could be a country song

Board Game Prompts   #  52. Twister Red, yellow, green, & blue on the cover

Bookworm    #  20 Read a Standalone Novel

BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 #51 Ya fiction

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   # 23 language has power

HP Professions   # 49 Wizengamot-Includes a courtroom or trial 

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 # 34 Title starts with A or L:

PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  1 Book with POC experiencing joy not trauma

Pick your Poison    #  57 A book about being ostracized

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  37 About friendship:

Reporters Challenge   #  13 Set in a Midwest state

TBR Scavenger Hunt #3 a book with found family

Unabridged Podcast    #  8  About a social justice issue: 

Creative Tracking Challenges

My Reading Journey Bingo   Row # 4  Column # 3  Standalone

My Reading Journey Genre Bingo    Row # 1  Column # 3  Poetry  

Chapter Book Bingo   Feb 

Row 4: anxiously awaiting;  not in a series

Monthly Criteria

Buzzwords  7 punctuation

Monthly Keyword #keywordreadingchallenge⁠  "storm"

Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠  JAN- “Punctuated Titles”