About Evie Brooks is Marooned in Manhattan
2015 Literacy Association of Ireland Children's Book Award shortlist (Ireland)
"Agnew gives Evie an engaging balance of sarcasm, vulnerability, and humour....Readers [will] be clamoring for another Evie book."—Publishers Weeky
"An enjoyable, light read that will particularly draw in animal lovers."—School Library Journal
"This is a quick-moving novel, and Evie is by turns smart, cheeky, stubborn, and introspective - a highly identifiable and likeable lead character..."—Resource Links
"Throughout this story, the animals that move through Scott's workday turn out to be the creatures that help Evie cope with her mother's passing."—The Montreal Gazette
"Wonderfully paced, easy to read, and quite appropriate for 10 year olds and up, this story delicately balances the concept of grief and loss with the ordinary exuberance of a curious 12 year old in the midst of changes, and is a wonderfully clever read."—I Am, Indeed
About Evie Brooks is Marooned in Manhattan
2015 Literacy Association of Ireland Children's Book Award shortlist (Ireland)
"Agnew gives Evie an engaging balance of sarcasm, vulnerability, and humour....Readers [will] be clamoring for another Evie book."—Publishers Weeky
"An enjoyable, light read that will particularly draw in animal lovers."—School Library Journal
"This is a quick-moving novel, and Evie is by turns smart, cheeky, stubborn, and introspective - a highly identifiable and likeable lead character..."—Resource Links
"Throughout this story, the animals that move through Scott's workday turn out to be the creatures that help Evie cope with her mother's passing."—The Montreal Gazette
"Wonderfully paced, easy to read, and quite appropriate for 10 year olds and up, this story delicately balances the concept of grief and loss with the ordinary exuberance of a curious 12 year old in the midst of changes, and is a wonderfully clever read."—I Am, Indeed