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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
The Lunch Lady's Daughter by Roderick J. Robison is the story of Sarah McKinliy who is a shy girl. She starts her classes in a new school, H.C. Stonewelle Elementary School and tries her best to adjust to the new milieu. Sarah manages to do well and makes friends with the most popular girl in the school. But things change when her mom becomes a lunch lady in the school canteen. Her friend Randall Kepliere makes an announcement, much to her embarrassment. “Make way for the lunch lady’s daughter! The one and only…Sarah McKinliy!” She finds her friends deserting her and making snide remarks. She has also been excluded from the group of the popular girl in school. She has to survive that whole year now.
The theme of the story is interesting. It is an eye opener on how children are treated in school or elsewhere, based on their social status and the profession of their parents. Here Sarah is embarrassed that her mother is the lunch lady of her school cafeteria. On top of that, the behavior of her friends and classmates adds to her woes. How will Sarah's predicament end?
It is an ideal book for children because it shows them how they can make the lives of their friends miserable by their bad behavior. Both the characters of Sarah and her mom remain in your hearts for a long time. A simple theme crafted well by the writer.
