Full review at http://thebookshelfgargoyle.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/post-number-100-a-double-re...

Okay. Now I know Meg Rosoff writes books that are unusual, different, out of the ordinary...but this one takes the cake. When I initially picked it up, I thought the Moose Baby of the title (on the edition that I read) was going to be some sort of clever metaphor. Nope. Literal moose baby.

I think the target audience of teens will really enjoy this book as there are plenty of chuckle-worthy events that crop up for the unsuspecting parents of the moose baby. I'd recommend this to those teens who aren't afraid to step outside of their reading comfort zone.
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Apparently its not that uncommon to have a baby moose, it's rare, but not uncommon. When at seventeen Jess has to break the news to her mother that she is pregnant, she never thought that she would have to explain to her mother that her baby was not like other human babies, but a baby moose. An unwed teenage mother could have worse problems couldn't she?

Vamoose is a quirky little light-hearted story that manages to impress the pressures and difficulties of being a mother, especially when that mother is still only really a child herself and when that mother has a baby that is not altogether what was expected. But when life throws us something crazy, it just may be the best thing that ever happened to us; then again it just may be something crazy. The perfect bit size read for those on the go. ( )