Love, Ish by Karen Rivers

At the center of Love, Ish is a girl with a light and lively voice and an irrepressible spirit. Congratulations, Karen Rivers, on a richly layered middle grade novel.Ish's voice is beautifully crafted, knowledgeable, and more, when the downturn couldn't be worse, it's funny. It makes us care. Mars is a metaphor for Ish’s journey, and maybe even for life itself.A fuller review for CLCD will appear on the Barnes & Noble web site in a couple of weeks.