Give and Take

Elly Swartz's Give and Take is a touching middle grade novel about family, friendship, and learning when to let go.

Family has always been important to twelve-year-old Maggie: a trapshooter, she is coached by her dad and cheered on by her mom. But her grandmother's recent death leaves a giant hole in Maggie's life, one which she begins to fill with an assortment of things: candy wrappers, pieces of tassel from Nana's favorite scarf, milk cartons, sticks . . . all stuffed in cardboard boxes under her bed.

Then her parents decide to take in a foster infant. But anxiety over the new baby's departure only worsens Maggie's hoarding, and soon she finds herself taking and taking until she spirals out of control. Ultimately, with some help from family, friends, and experts, Maggie learns that sometimes love means letting go.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 10/15/2019
ISBN: 9780374308216
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 119
Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 55

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 507668 / Give and Take
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6