Annie's Life in Lists by Kristin Mahoney, 272 pp, RL 4

Annie's Life in Lists by Kristin Mahoney Review Copy from Knopf Books for Young Readers Seven things about this book ------------------------------------------------- Instead of keeping a diary, Annie makes lists. Annie is sure her family had to move from Brooklyn upstate to the small town of Clover Gap. Annie thinks she caused this move by (accidentally) telling her principal she didn't live in her school district. Annie has an incredible memory but decides to hide it from the kids at her new school. Annie makes a new friend, Zora, but Zora's old friend, Amelia, is jealous. Annie's old friend, Millie, has stopped writing to her. Annie discovers a secret about her parents. Annie's Life in Lists is truly a novel composed (almost entirely) of lists, written by fifth-grader, Annie. And it is totally engaging, fresh and a delight to read. I hung on to Mahoney's book for months, hoping I would get around to reviewing it, finally hand