Review
This is a fun and fast paced middle grade story about a young boy who is the son of an umbrellalla maker. Oscar lives in a place where it rains constantly and there are many different types of rain, that’s how much rain they get. So the umbrella business is always booming here.
The people of the city tend to buy cheap not well supported umbrellas just to get them through the day. The issue is they are breaking and just not good for the amount of rain they get. The people of the city would rather pay less then pay more for something that will last and actually work.
Oscar dad needs more help at his shop so his dad asks him to leave school to become his apprentice. Oscar doesn’t like this his passion is art not making and selling umbrellas.
In the story Oscar and his best friend Saige try to understand the weird weather in the city and other darkness that may occurcuring.
This was a fun lightheaded fast paced read I really enjoyed it.
Rating 4 ⭐
Synopsis
The Umbrella Maker’s Son by Katrina Leno
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Publishing Date: June 27, 2023
Synopsis:
From a critically acclaimed author comes a fantastical middle grade novel about a boy determined to
prove there’s more than just the weather behind his rainy town.
Oscar Buckle lives in a city where it’s always raining. And when it isn’t raining, it’s about to rain, so
the townspeople have learned to embrace it. Oscar’s father is an umbrella maker—appropriate for a
place where you can’t leave home without one!—but while Buckle Umbrellas are strong, reliable,
and high quality, they’re expensive . Because of this, people are buying from the competitor instead,
which is threatening Oscar’s family’s business.
To make ends meet, Oscar is forced to quit school and work in his father’s shop as an apprentice. But
when extraordinary events start to occur in their rainy town, Oscar becomes suspicious of their
competitor. Desperate to save his town, Oscar must enlist the help of his best friend, Saige, to
discover if there’s more than nature involved in their city’s weather.
Content Warning: Grief, loss of a parent
About the author
seven critically acclaimed novels for young adults: Sometime in Summer, Horrid, You Must Not Miss,
Summer of Salt, Everything All at Once, The Lost & Found, and The Half Life of Molly Pierce. Her
eighth novel (and first middle grade) The Umbrella Maker’s Son, arrives June 27, 2023. She thinks
you are just lovely.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.katrinaleno.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katrinaleno
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrinalenobooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6549397.Katrina_Leno
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katrinalenobooks
Tour Schedule:
https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/05/10/tour-schedule-the-umbrella-makers-son-by-katrina-
leno/
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