Pros: I thought this book was cute. I love dogs, and I love reading books with dogs as main characters. Plus, Lila (the dog) has such a soft spot in my heart because she was lonely and depressed in the shelter, and Hadley really helped bring her out of her shell. I also really appreciate that the author made the main character a middle-schooler with a few life problems. Her mother in is jail, she is forced to live with a family member she hasn’t spoken to in years, and she is going blind. I woul...

I wanted to like this book more than I did. However, I could not get past the way Hadley talked - there were way to many aint’s and don’t gottas for me. Just because she’s from Tennessee doesn’t mean she has to speak incorrectly. I thought it was very stereotypical. Otherwise, I loved the premise of Hadley, a young girl who is going through some very difficult childhood trauma (she is going blind and Mom is in jail), working with a depressed shelter dog and figuring some things out about herself...

After Hadley's mom goes to prison, Hadley is shuttled off to live with her older sister Beth in Kentucky, away from all her friends and the only home she's ever known. Hadley's not happy about it and she refuses to take her mom's nightly phone calls. Beth works as a dog trainer at a local dog rescue. Hadley's not a dog person. But when she happens to be the one person that shelter dog Lila responds to, Beth convinces her to bring Lila home and try to work with her so she can be adopted. As Hadle...

Hadley is one angry tween! If having her mom go to jail isn't bad enough, she has to move to Kentucky and live with her big sister who she hasn't seen in years. And if that wasn't bad enough, she's going blind from Retinopathy Pigmentosa. Her sister Beth is a dog trainer and works at a rescue shelter. Beth notices Hadley petting Lila, a pitbull that has been completely unresponsive to anyone else. Beth suggests Hadley foster Lila and see if Lila will warm up to people so she can be adopted. Hadl...

The best thing about this novel was the dogs, but that’s obvious, right? I didn’t hate Lila and Hadley, but I didn’t really love it either. I thought that Hadley being legally blind was really interesting, but it didn’t feel like it was that big of a plot point—it seems like she just talked a lot about how she was afraid of people judging her more than her actually dealing with her condition. I wish that there would’ve been more scenes of her navigating life with low vision.I also hated Hadley’s...

Hadley has a right to be angry. Her mom is going to jail for stealing money from her boss, so Hadley has to live with the sister she hasn't seen in three years. To make matters worse, her vision is failing due to retinitis pigmentosa, a condition meaning she will eventually become legally blind. Depressed and angry that her life is spinning out of control, Hadley reluctantly visits the animal shelter where her sister works. Despite not being a “dog-person,” she is surprised when Lila the pitbull...

A current student, who has a fickle relationship with books and reading, had suggested this book to me. Then we had a book fair, and she actually bought the book and gave it to me as a surprise! Such a sweet and generous gesture! I’m excited to have the student sign the book, and then I will place it in our classroom library. So while this isn’t One Hundred Years of Solitude, it is a book that resonated with a student. And we all know that the best books are the ones that end up in students’ han...

Many thanks to EdelweissPlus and the publisher for providing me with a DRC of this title for review. All opinions are my own.This book came to the Scholastic Book Fair this spring, and I was excited to be able to get a copy of it online to preview as it was a pretty popular choice with my kids this spring. I was very impressed with the storyline. This is a SOLIDLY middle grade novel (the MC is 12 and getting ready to go into 7th grade) and there is no language and/or graphic content in any way.

It was cute! It went by a lot faster then I thought and I enjoyed the story! I disliked how Hadley kept saying ain't because I can't stand improper grammar. That was the only thing though the rest was cute and realistic. The cover was probably my favorite part, honestly. As I said, it was really sweet!

Hadley is a mass of emotions that come together to make her sullen, rude, deeply resentful and resistant to any overtures by her older sister or anyone in her life. And who can blame her? Her mother has just started a prison term and Hadley has come to stay with her sister, who has been estranged from the family for years. She has left her friends, her school and her life behind and she is dealing with the increasing impact of a disease that is causing her to lose her sight.Dragged unwillingly b...

Beautiful story about a girl who is hurting and a lonely shelter dog, and how they come together over a summer.

I receieved a copy of Lila and Hadley by Kody Keplinger through the #ScholasticInsider program. This book is expected to be released in April 2020. All opinions are my own. Twelve-year-old Hadley's life gets turned upside down when her mother is sent to jail for embezzling and she is sent to live with her older sister, who she hasn't seen in seven years. To top it off, Hadley's vision is severely declining and she has been declared legally blind. As you can imagine, the start of her summer is fu...

Lila and Hadley is a really well-written story. It tells us the story of a young girl named Hadley who is going through some massive Life Changes. Along the way Hadley connects with a dog named Lila. The story begins with this connection.I found it hard at times to like Hadley. She could be rude and insufferable at points. She had every right to be the way that she was because her life has been turned upside down. Her mother is sent to jail, Hadley herself is sent to live with her sister, she's

E ARC from Edelweiss PlusHadley's single mom embezzled money from the doctor's office where she worked in Tennessee and is serving time in prison, so Hadley must go live with her much older sister Beth, who does dog care work in Kentucky. She is understandably angry, because her mother always told her not to steal and lie, and Beth left right after high school and has not been in contact. Not only that, but Hadley has retinitis pigmentosa and is rapidly losing her eyesight. When she arrives in K...

I read this book as a book study with my 4th grade students. I gave them a variety of Own Voices books to choose from for their book study, and this is the one they chose. I thought it was a great choice. It was a super cute book and I really enjoyed the development of both Hadley and Lila as characters. I found the characters' emotions to be very realistic considering the challenges they were all facing and I also liked that it didn't have a cookie-cutter or expected ending. This glimpse into t...

[BLOG]::[YOUTUBE]::[TWITTER]The main reason I really enjoyed this story was because of its focus on dogs. I love dogs, and I loved Lila in the story. The pit-bull is cute and seems to understand Hadley’s needs as well. Hadley and Lila seem to complement each other, and help each other out during their darkest hours. I really liked the supporting characters as well like Beth and Shelby. Moreover, I thought the book ended really well on what happens to Lila. It was not what I was expecting, but I

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!! But sad

Super good! Definitely recommend! It would be awesome if this was a series! 5 stars!

I like this book but don't like how it ended. I wish she got to keep the dog.

I love this book so much! I have reread this book so many times and completely loved it each time!Hadley is a young girl who has suffered much in her lifetime. She is going blind, and her mother is now in jail for stealing, she now has to go live with her 24 year old sister, Beth, who she hasn't seen since she was 9. Her sister lives a few hours away from Hadley, so Hadley must leave her best friends, and she must leave her school, and get ready to begin a new school, with new kids, and a new li...