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Like others who have reviewed this book, I found myself often wondering where this had been when I was a teenager – or even a younger adult. The illustrations definitely would have appealed to my...
Read MoreAs one of thousands of seventh-grade Texas history alums in the mid-2000s, reading this book was a whirlwind of emotions for me. I was immediately taken back to the classroom with my middle school history...
Read MoreI was so excited to read this book, as lobotomies and the history behind them has always been morbidly fascinating to me. Unfortunately, I found that the execution of this story didn’t live up to...
Read MoreThis book is a wonderfully charming middle grade historical fiction. Ellis Earl, our protagonist, is the right mixture of bright yet fallible, giving yet selfish at times – evading the perfect protagonist trope that is...
Read MoreIshiguro is hit or miss for me, so I was a little skeptical going into this one as to whether or not it’d be one of the ones I’d enjoy – ultimately, my sister made...
Read MoreThis was a difficult read for me, primarily because of Levy’s handling of racism in Britain. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s important to look at the past, as ugly as it...
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