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unheardmelokate's review
1.0
I enjoyed book one in the series and was excited to give this one a try, as 13th Street seems like a great next-read for fans of The Notebook of Doom, Eerie Elementary, and other silly-spooky young readers. But the mythos behind the villains of this story concerns me. Implying that, in order to defeat the ferrets, the children need to “turn them white” as white ermine are gentle while darker ferrets are villainous is a dangerously charged message to share with children who are already surrounded by racist messages. While I’m sure that wasn’t the author’s intent, even if this IS something he drew from folklore, I can’t quite get behind this title in the series.
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