Spring 2006 Review:

        This book is about a group of girls that develop unlikely friendships.  They are all totally opposite, and wouldn't normally talk to each other if it weren't for knitting.  They all found knitting was a way to calm them and they all could easily get absorbed in it once they start.  It keeps them distracted from their problems, and is a new hobby for them all that isn't as hard as they thought.   When they all meet at "KnitWit", the yarn store, it is like fate.  Four totally opposite girls, and they all become friends.   They call themselves the "Chicks with Sticks".   But when there are four totally opposite girls, there are bound to be problems.  Join them in their up and their downs, as they deal with boys, family, illness, and many more problems.

          This was a pretty good book, but there weren't many big events that happened.  At some points it was kind of boring, because there was nothing happening.  Other than the few boring parts, this book was good.  It was just like real life, and probably what is happening in a lot of people's lives right now.  Their lives are changing, and so are they.  So that is why I would recommend this book to teens and adults, because younger children probably wouldn't be able to understand some of the problems and concepts in this book.  That is just my opinion on this book, and some of you may have other opinions, so I suggest you read this book and see for yourself.  (This book also includes knitting projects.)

~ Lindsay Basile, Grade 8, Boardman Canter Middle School