children's fiction (grades 1-3) young possum gets separated from family, rescued by human girl, reunited with family). I picked this up because HG Sloan is one of my favorite writers, but this turned out to be not-exciting standard children's fare (as in, only kids would ever be interested in consuming it). It was ok, just not particularly interesting--and I'm not saying that every book has to start with a horrific car accident or abusive family situation, just that this one has a different audience that isn't me. ( )

This book was kind of cute. I learn a lot about possums. My FAVORITE part about this book was for sure having Dustin Hoffman read it to me. I honestly don't know if I would have made it very far in if I had been reading. Dustin Hoffman made it great though. ( )

This book is full of bad grammar and peril. There is death right from the get go and seems to follow them everywhere. Not a gentle kind fun book by any stretch. ( )

I adored this book! Appleblossom is one of the possoms born in her mother's first litter, so her name begins with A, as do all of her siblings' names. Mama has them practice their acting skills regularly, and it's really fun until they learn why: they need to use these skills against three evil monsters: people, cars and dogs. Appleblossom still manages to end up in a people house, but the girl of the house is not mean or scary but wants a friend. ( )