New Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera ratings and reviews are coming in!
We’re still getting some negative reviews about the character of Paula, and her insistence that under Title IX, the best female coach–Lucy–should coach her all-girls team.
At the same time, we’re getting numerous positive reviews. If you’d like to chime in, email us at BashAndLucy@gmail.com and we’ll send you a review copy of Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.
Here’s a very thorough review from Wanda C, on Goodreads:
“The Inclusion of Title IX in this Story was Well Done”
I enjoyed the main characters being their own selves. I also liked how the characters were different even though they looked alike (Bash and his cousin Lucy.) The inclusion of Title IX into this story was well done. Readers will learn, if they already don’t know, what Title IX is and they will learn how important it is to understand, so those who need its protection receive it, while those who use Title IX, not as it was 100% intended, are helped to see why it was created and how vital it is to protect it and respect it.
Based on a five-star rating, I give it five stars!
1) Buy from the author in the future? Yes
2) Did it keep me intrigued? Yes
3) Storyline adventurous, mysterious, and believable? Yes
4) Would I recommend to a family member/friend? Yes.
5) Did my idea of the book based on the cover remain the same after I read the book? Yes. The cover art relayed to me the tension/stand between two groups/individuals.
The next reviewer, identified as an “Amazon customer,” assumed that Michael is a girl. We think that’s because of the Title IX theme. Actually, Michael is a boy, just to be clear! He chose the girl-power characters in the book based on his relatives: his real-life sister, Ally, is the librarian-mayor-dancer. His cousin, Paula, is the girl-power character some are struggling with. And his surrogate grandma, Vera, is a coach and assistant mayor.
“Read This Book”
Written by a 10-year-old girl..it is very well written. I liked the girl power and cute puppy dogs. i liked the description of the sensory problems. Good job writing Michael. Written by mom–in includes girl power, awareness of friends and family and help working together to make everyone happier.
We received this note from a former teacher:
“Your Work and Imagination Will be Shared with Many”
As a former teacher and avid reader books are very important to me. I enjoyed the book and vivid illustrations. This book will be passed on to my daughter who is an elementary teacher. Your work and imagination will be shared with many children.
Now, for the so-so reviews. Laura Reading provided a very thorough discussion here of what she liked and didn’t like:
The topic is controversial and timely. It is a battle that has been fought for decades.
To be honest, I would have liked to see teams with both male and female players.Having Lucy TAKEN by a girls team just because she is the best is NOT equality. That is bullying and wrongful justification. Sharing Lucy’s talents would have been a better choice. In the end, it helps that Lucy gets that option, in a way. (Not to spoil what happens.)
I had not planned on writing a politically oriented review but I see how strongly readers are reacting.This book is supposed to be fun with a lesson. Perhaps the authors were too ambitious in their attempts.
Bash is shown in a positive light as having special personality traits. Because everyone around him tries to feed him to calm him, and he finishes the words for them, shows this is a tactic they have used many times.
I also appreciate that Bash has friends, and a good relationship with his family.
I wish the pet adoption part of the book said more about a dog being part of a family and not just a solution to one problem. Personally, having had dogs in my house for many years, we are more likely to end up wearing MISmatched socks after adopting a dog, but being happier about it.I give the book praise for effort but only OK for results. I understand one author is a child, but the role of supporting adults is to help create a more acceptable end result. I think in that respect, it needs more attention.
Reviews of Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera & the Dream Beasts!
Again, email us if you’d like a review copy. And be sure to watch Michael dedicate the book to the real Vera here: