Prank War by Olivia Jarmusch

Young Middle Grade Contemporary

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Prank War (Chestnut Academy #2) by Olivia Jarmusch

3 STARS, Young Middle Grade Contemporary, My format: read-aloud

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Millie can’t wait to celebrate Galentine’s Day with her friends, but her dad wants her to spend time with her brother instead.

Personal Review:

I read this aloud to my 4 daughters (the older 3 actually listen) and we all have mixed reviews. I liked this one less than the first book.

There were some editing issues that the girls pointed out, like a Miss from the first book was a Mrs. in the second. And one of the horse's had a name-change. I also wasn't a huge fan of the pranks. It made the book seem more immature and some of them didn't make sense - like there was no sense of how they actually broke into each others' dorm rooms. Did they have a key? Do they know how to pick locks? Is there an open-door policy at the school?

However, my girls said so many more interesting things happened in this book than in the first book, so they liked it better. To each her own, I suppose :).

Content Warnings:

students sneaking around and lying about their actions (everything eventually comes to light and is handled by an adult)