Testimonials

"A new classmate helps fifth-grader Quinn Andrews-Lee re-evaluate longtime friendships and stand up to a bully. ...For her first middle-grade novel, set in Hillsboro, Ore., where she lives, Parnell creates interesting child and adult characters and confronts them with serious issues, including child abuse, care for the environment, ethics and even skin color. Matt’s and Neally’s families demonstrate the contrast between values taken from religious beliefs and those coming from a sense of social justice. ...it will certainly provide food for thought. ...it’s one of the few books for the audience that discusses the possibility of not practicing a religion. (Fiction. 9-12)" — Kirkus Reviews

"The themes touch on bullying, tolerance, and conservation, but the most engaging element of the novel is its characters. If you have experienced the fifth grade in any way, i.e., student, parent, grandparent, or teacher, you will recognize all the signs of that age group in the book's characters. ...Young readers of The Mighty Quinn will enjoy the drama, the victories, the humor, and the surprising conclusion. Adults will applaud the themes that are so timely in every American classroom." — Compass Book Ratings

"An absolutely delightful read and such memorable characters! Tweens will identify with both Quinn and Neally and will still be thinking about them long after they close the book." — Sandra McLeod Humphrey, Retired Clinical Psychologist and Children's Author