Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang (Middle Grade Book Review)
Channel: Kid Lit Joy
Date: 29/05/2023

Today I'm sharing my review of Australian middle grade title, Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang. This is a gorgeous historical story set in 1950s Melbourne, with a dash of magical realism as our protagonist, Zadie Ma, discovers that she has the ability to make the stories she writes come true. 

Author's Website https://gabriellewang.com/book/zadie-ma-and-the-dog-who-chased-the-moon/
Publisher's Website https://www.penguin.com.au/books/zadie-ma-and-the-dog-who-chased-the-moon-9781761046513 


SYNOPSIS
From one of Australia’s most esteemed and award-winning children’s authors and Australian Children's Laureate for 2022–23 comes a heartwarming story set in postwar Melbourne about courage, friendship, the magic of stories and one girl’s unwavering love for her dog.

Zadie Ma has a special talent for telling stories . . . and it seems that some of Zadie’s stories come true. Zadie’s dearest wish is to have a dog of her own and so she starts to write the story of a poor unwanted dog called Jupiter, who’s just waiting to be rescued by a loving girl like Zadie. 

One morning when she’s supposed to be minding the family shop for her mother, Zadie sets off to look for Jupiter. The scene that unfolds isn’t quite the same as in her story but she does find a real dog, and his name is Jupiter. Once Zadie has rescued him, she realises she can’t just take Jupiter home because her mother won’t let her keep a dog. Luckily her bold new friend Sparrow lets Zadie keep Jupiter at her house till Zadie can work things out.

But a series of unlucky events means that Zadie can’t write the happy ending she dreams of for her story, and now she may lose her beloved Jupiter forever. 

Can Zadie’s most important story of all finally come true?

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