Coming in at less than 200 pages, this slim novel in verse certainly packs a punch. Author Christine Heppermann lets readers know that love can be like mushrooms - sometimes filled with hidden poison.
Jorie knows her mushrooms. She has been fascinated with them for as long as she can remember. She loves the hunting and the gathering, and she's learned their names and uniquenesses. She has also discovered the art she can create through magical spore prints.
Using her beloved mushrooms, words, and art she relates her feelings about love. She contemplates her own breakup with Ian and the revenge she believes she must seek. She also searches for the best way to deal with the frustration of her father's infidelity and her mother's seeming lack of emotion regarding the situation. Inspired by the combination of science and art, Jorie begins to find some complicated answers to human relationships and how they may resemble those she observes in nature.
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