The House That Lou Built

by: Mae Respicio

Amazon Recommended Age: 8-12 years old. (Though I'd probably suggest that you read this book when you're 10 years old.)

Lexile: 660L

Sensitive Topic(s): None

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"Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house," 100 square feet all her own. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house, and longs for a place where she can escape her crazy but lovable extended Filipino family. Lou enjoys her woodshop class and creating projects, and she plans to build the house on land she inherited from her dad, who died before she was born. But then she finds out that the land may not be hers for much longer.

Lou discovers it's not easy to save her land, or to build a house. But she won't give up; with the help of friends and relatives, her dream begins to take shape, and she learns the deeper meaning of home and family." (book summary)

What I Thought:

I mostly only review books on this blog that are good books, but I liked The House That Lou Built so much but the first reason being that it was about houses and construction - both being topics that I'm really interested in. The second was how you could feel the love and laughter Lou got from her (really large) family from the pages. Also, I'm a fan of Mae Respicio having read her second book Any Day with You earlier this year (and also really liking it) and so when I saw her name on the cover and read the book summary, I quickly added it to my to-read list and searched my school catalogue in hopes that it would be there. Thankfully, it was!