Clara Voyant (edition 2018)

by Rachelle Delaney (Author)

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"Clara can't believe her no-nonsense grandmother has just up and moved to Florida, leaving Clara and her mother on their own for the first time. This means her mother can finally "follow her bliss," which involves moving to a tiny apartment in Kensington Market, working at a herbal remedy shop and trying to develop her so-called mystical powers. Clara tries to make the best of a bad situation by joining the newspaper staff at her new middle school, where she can sharpen her investigative journalistic skills and tell the kind of hard-news stories her grandmother appreciated. But the editor relegates her to boring news stories and worse ... the horoscopes. Worse yet, her horoscopes come true, and soon everyone at school is talking about Clara Voyant, the talented fortune-teller. Clara is horrified--horoscopes and clairvoyance aren't real, she insists, just like her grandmother always told her. But when a mystery unfolds at school, she finds herself in a strange situation: having an opportunity to prove herself as an investigative journalist ... with the help of her own mystical powers."--Inside jacket flap.… (more)

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Clara has possibly the worst newspaper assignment she can imagine: the horoscopes? She can't stand anything "woo" as her grandmother would call it. But, what if she's actually kind of good at it?

This cute little novel held my interest to the end, and I have to admit that I didn't figure out the mystery. Everything else just felt kind of meh. I wasn't very invested in Clara as a character and the writing didn't really stun me. Three stars. (

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ChelseaMcE | Mar 19, 2020 |

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Clara is a practical girl that has to come to terms with her more bohemian mother/new lifestyle after they move to the colorful Kensington Market. She meets Maeve, who turns out to be a wonderful and supportive best friend and one of the best friend characters I’ve read in awhile. Clara and Maeve solve a mystery and discover some talents and themselves along the way.

This book has so many things I appreciate in a middle-grade book - a bright protagonist, positive friendship, and a quirky cast of characters.

abergsman | Feb 19, 2020 |

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Clara wants to be a writer so she joins the newspaper in her middle school. The editor, a senior girl, is in charge of the assignments and instead of giving Clara a good story to run with, she assigns her the horoscopes to be written under the name "Clara Voyant".

Totally not what Clara had in mind. Besides, she isn't into that woo woo stuff. Isn't it bad enough that she has to live with her mother who believes in all that stuff. No Clara, wants a normal life and serious articles to write. But could it be that the cosmos has something else in mind. Why else would her horoscopes start coming true?

This was a fun YA novel with an interesting message.

Familyhistorian | Aug 1, 2018 |

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Clara Voyant lives up to the quirky title and book cover. The protagonist is entering middle school and the author conveys the anxiety that comes with starting a new school. She also shows a main character who is different from her family and how she handles those sometimes trying differences. The book contains memorable characters and settings. The most intriguing part is the mystery and surprising, yet satisfying ending. This book will appeal to new-to-middle-school students who are looking for a mystery. (

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Jennifer_Long | Jul 29, 2018 |

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I've been trying to think about what to say in this review for over a month now, and I'm still not sure. This was a cute middle grade contemporary with a bit of mystery and mysticism. Clara is at a new school and has moved into a new neighborhood. I enjoyed the little plot throughout, but other than that I found it to be simplistic. I would say that this is a middle grade that doesn't hold up for older audiences. (

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ReadandFindOut | Jul 17, 2018 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rachelle Delaney	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Carracedo, Claudette	Author photo	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Griffiths, Jennifer	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lundy, Christy	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey! —Funniest Children’s Book Award (Shortlist – Chapter Book – 2019)

Red Cedar Book Award (Nominee – Fiction – 2020)

The Willow Awards (Finalist – Diamond Willow – 2019)

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Clara Costa (6th grader, school newspaper journalist)

Gaby Costa (Clara's New Age mother, herbalist)

Maeve Healy-Lin (6th grader, Clara's best friend)

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CLARA COSTA HAD ONLY BEEN AT Kensington Middle School for a month, but already she understood the implications of blazer day.

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"Clara can't believe her no-nonsense grandmother has just up and moved to Florida, leaving Clara and her mother on their own for the first time. This means her mother can finally "follow her bliss," which involves moving to a tiny apartment in Kensington Market, working at a herbal remedy shop and trying to develop her so-called mystical powers. Clara tries to make the best of a bad situation by joining the newspaper staff at her new middle school, where she can sharpen her investigative journalistic skills and tell the kind of hard-news stories her grandmother appreciated. But the editor relegates her to boring news stories and worse ... the horoscopes. Worse yet, her horoscopes come true, and soon everyone at school is talking about Clara Voyant, the talented fortune-teller. Clara is horrified--horoscopes and clairvoyance aren't real, she insists, just like her grandmother always told her. But when a mystery unfolds at school, she finds herself in a strange situation: having an opportunity to prove herself as an investigative journalist ... with the help of her own mystical powers."--Inside jacket flap.

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