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September 10, 2021 by Travis Jonker

One Star Review, Guess Who? (#152)

September 10, 2021 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

One Star Review Guess Who

Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?

This book has the potential to do for owling what Diary of a Wimpy Kid accomplished for the writing of cartoon strips: expand its popularity and make the pastime a more accessible one.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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Comments

  1. Carter Higgins says

    September 12, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    But also that’s not a bad review?! These things are so great. ??

    • Carter Higgins says

      September 12, 2021 at 2:37 pm

      Ok. no emojis here. Those question marks were my attempt at a star emoji, though I guess it can also be that this is so puzzling.

      • Emily Lammy says

        September 13, 2021 at 8:44 am

        I’m glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work out why this was a bad review! It sounds like they were making a favorable comment.

    • Travis Jonker says

      September 13, 2021 at 10:14 am

      Some of my favorite one star reviews are where people think one star is the best rating. This is one of those times

  2. Emily Lammy says

    September 13, 2021 at 8:44 am

    I’m glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work out why this was a bad review! It sounds like they were making a favorable comment.

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