The story Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur is about an 11-year-old girl who has survived a tragic accident. She is alone with as many SpaghettiOs as she could eat and her pet fish, Sammy. Aubrey is perfectly happy, but then her loving grandmother intervenes. She must take the steps that will help her heal, and at the moment, only writing letters feels right. She learns that even in tragedy, we can learn to start over with baby steps and loyal friends that are always there for us.
I picked up the book at a book fair last Friday and finished it on Sunday. It is a quick, easy read, but worth the while. For some reason, the story that Aubrey tells profoundly affected me. There were many parts that made me want to cry and give her a hug as she endured on. The story moved along at a good pace, and although it wasn’t an action-packed read, it had enough of a storyline to make me want to keep reading page after page. The characters were surprisingly well developed, and they had depth to them unlike those in many other books that I have read. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants a short read that is a little bit of a sad story, but has a satisfying ending. It’s age appropriate for elementary schoolers, so anyone that age and above could read it. I definitely enjoyed reading Love, Aubrey and look forward to letting other people read it as well.
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