Once for yes by Allie Millington is about the gentrification of a building the last of its kind, and its tenants building community while dealing with loss.

For the audiobook, I thought it was interesting. I liked the story and the mystery of Prue trying to piece together the missing pieces of her sisters story and her loss.

I enjoyed the narrator's of this story, the duel point of views for this book. I also liked the short chapters.

This might be the loveliest middle grade book I’ve ever read. What an absolute joy & a testament to the best parts of humanity? & also the most devastating, grief stricken & most heartbreaking, too? I am truly caught off guard by this, an ALC I randomly picked cause i thought it sounded promising. It was more than promising, it truly gave what it said it would & more. If you are looking for a book told with gentleness & humor (that can be only accessed through books meant for kids, c’mon), but also a story about loss, nostalgia & moving forward (that rivals any sad novel on the market): literally look no further. When an 11 year old tries to fight the powers that be to keep their old apartment building from being sold & torn down, you already have a story. BUT when said girl is fighting to keep a hold on the last place that her sister was alive in, that their memories of her were in, you have my heart & soul. Beautiful. Breathtaking. I am utterly destroyed.

This was an easy 5 stars. Incredible, incredible narration, too!! The Odenburgh’s chapters told by a man with a heavy New York Italian accent??!! I’m literally sat. For anyone who loves middle grade, novels about hope & goodness, or just needs something quick to read—pick this up!!

Thank you so much to NetGalley & RBmedia for this ALC!!

The good kind of heartbreaking, and a great story about a family putting itself back together. Excellent for anybody (adult or child) dealing with a loss.

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Once for Yes by Allie Millington is a children's fiction that touch on grief, lossing a sibling, lossing your home, and gaining a community. This middle school book is beautiful written, and honestly you could feel the grief thought the book, and also the community that was gain by the apartment complex demolished. The Odenburgh is an old red brick apartment building, the last of its kind in a swiftly gentrifying neighborhood. One of its tenants, the Laroe family, has suffered an unspeakable tragedy; the youngest sister, 11-year-old Prue, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her sister, Lina.

The audiobook was great. Let me say I love that the apartment building call3d Odenburgh had his own POV and we could listen to it. Pure genius for that part. We do have multiple POV which is fine and the audiobook is also dual narration. The narrtor did a good job telling the story and bringing it to live. I enjoyed this audiobook a lot. I listened at 2x speed. The narrtors were easy to listen and also understand.

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•Grief
•Community
•Middle School
•Multiple POV's

Thank you, NetGalley, and RB Media for the audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

I listen to this children’s book on audio and it was so good.
It touches on such important topics like loss, grief, community and family. Written in a clever way to make it both interesting and funny ever tough it can be pretty sad.

Overall, I liked the story, but was at times irritated by the dysfunctional grieving in this family. The building as a narrator was fun (especially on audio!). I think my middle schooler would like this, but I’m not sure there’s much here for older readers of middle grade. 3.5⭐️