Is The List of Things That Will Not Change Worth Reading?
Ada’s Score
Rebecca Stead's middle-grade and YA crossover novel follows Bea, a girl whose parents have divorced and who clings to a written list of constants her father made for her — things that will always be true no matter how life changes. When her father announces he is marrying his partner Jesse, and that Jesse's daughter will become her stepsister, Bea must navigate joy, jealousy, and grief simultaneously. Stead writes with exquisite precision and emotional intelligence, never talking down to young readers while trusting them to hold complexity. It is a quiet, luminous book about the families we make and the love that outlasts upheaval.
“Tender and exact — Stead writes the emotional truths of childhood better than almost anyone. A small, perfect book.”
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AI reading intelligence“Tender and exact — Stead writes the emotional truths of childhood better than almost anyone. A small, perfect book.”
Book Details
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Published
- January 1, 2020
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
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Ada’s Score Breakdown
4.3
This breakdown reflects how Ada weighs the book’s strengths and flaws, not aggregated reader data.
Common Questions About The List of Things That Will Not Change
- Is The List of Things That Will Not Change worth reading?
- Tender and exact — Stead writes the emotional truths of childhood better than almost anyone. A small, perfect book. Ada rates it 4.3 out of 5.
- How many pages is The List of Things That Will Not Change?
- The List of Things That Will Not Change is 221 pages long — around 4–5 hours at an average reading pace.
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