The friendship war by Andrew Clements
Hey Books Lovers,
on September 3 Rizzoli published a new book by Andrew Clements, and given how much I had liked the previous one how could I not read this other work of his? It’s called The friendship war, an all-female story unlike the previous one, and much, much more beautiful than its title suggests 🙂
Andrew Clements is always able to create stories addressed to everyone, with a great meaning behind, and beautiful adventures that the reader is able to live through his words.
As mentioned earlier this time our protagonist is a girl, Grace, who following a trip to Boston from her grandfather returns home with 27 boxes of buttons. You have to know that Grace likes to collect things, she could be called an “accumulator”, even if this term is not really accurate for her, it’s just that she likes to have many fascinating things.
When the school year begins, she brings some of the things she brought from Boston to school, including some buttons. Immediately her classmates are fascinated by their different colors and shapes, and it is from here that we enter the heart of history, because the real protagonists of this book are the buttons.
By now a real fashion for buttons has been born, everyone is busy exchanging them for the most beautiful. Rivalries and conflicts are created, until the teachers find themselves forced to take action. The worst part is that Grace has lost her best friend. Ellie has always been an egocentric person but Grace has never been much interested in it, but when this fashion of buttons is born Ellie also wants to have attention on herself in this case, and therefore enters a rivalry with Grace, also destroying a beautiful button that both wanted …
A lot happens in this little book, but the real teaching is to always count on friendship, because it’s the only thing that really matters. In times of need, true friends are the ones who stand by your side, and the best way to express this concept is through children’s books, and Andrew Clements knows it better than I do. Friendship is the reigning sentiment in this book, but there is much, much more inside, all to be discovered. The friendship war will make you come back carefree kids full of imagination and curiosity.
