Scattergood is a brave, beautiful book, wise enough to reach for something beyond certainty.
—The New York Times
In H.M. Bouwman’s novel for young readers, a girl’s talent for math and chess leads her into unusual friendship.
—The Wall Street Journal
Bouwman paints a rich, detailed landscape, from mundane farm chores to deeply layered explorations of characters and relationships. . .An engaging, textured, and deeply humane coming-of-age novel.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Bouwman takes a seemingly mundane setting and crafts a heartfelt bildungsroman that even adult readers will enjoy. . . This is a timeless coming-of-age novel that breathes new life into the middle-grade WWII genre.
—Booklist (starred review)
A steady narrative pace and a variety of secondary characters who inspire questions in Peggy solidify the book’s overall appeal.
—Publishers Weekly
Bouwman’s writing is crisp and specific, painting a convincing picture of rural life of the period, and she stays firmly in the consciousness of her spirited, questing, analytical, mathematically inclined heroine.
—The Horn Book
A powerful coming-of-age story about life, loss, and community.
—School Library Journal
This novel is so rich in texture and beautiful writing it’s almost impossible to capture Bouwman’s depiction of Peggy’s complex emotions.
—St. Paul Pioneer Press
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