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⭐️