My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson

•         Genre:  Fantasy/Adventure
•         Grade Level: 4th - 7th
•          Reading Level: 6.1 (13 points)
•          Length: 419 pages
•         Publisher:  Aladdin (November 3, 2015)
•          My Rating: 5 out of 4
•          Readability: Fun, easy to read. longer in length but amazing plotline.
•          Divsion 2 or Crossover
•          Summary:  Spirited, restless Gracie Lockwood, twelve, of Cliffden, Maine, living in a world where sasquatches, dragons, giants, and mermaids are common, keeps a diary of her family's journey in a used Winnebago as they seek The Extraordinary World in hopes of keeping her little brother, Sam, safe against all odds.

Gracie keeps a diary while the family goes through a crisis, which results in this book. They live in an alternate world from what our planet lives in. It is the same but very different. The fantastic characters such as dragons, witches, mermaids, genies, etc are in full force and the people are always on the defensive in staying alive. Gracie's little brother has been ill and a large cloud is following them. This cloud is known to take people away to their death. Gracie's family will do anything to escape. They get in an RV and drive to the end of their flat world and hope to get to the world in which we the readers are familiar with. One in which life doesn't have to fight the fantasies. 

The characters are wonderful in this book! It is about a family sticking together no matter what happens and supporting each other despite the ups and downs. The whole fantastic plot line is not something I would usually pick up to read and yet, I couldn't put it down. I kept wondering if I would have time at school to read my book. Of course, I knew I wouldn't but it was the kind of book that you can't wait to get back to reading.  The author wrote the Maybird series and I may have to read that series this summer even though it is an older copyright.