Scan barcode
emmalemonnz's review against another edition
5.0
This is a beautiful memoir of childhood, of belonging, of family, and of stories. The power of the novel in verse is vibrant and visceral.
It's about the importance of listening, of representation in literature, of finding your brilliance, and of telling your stories.
I love how Woodson's family stories are so central to her own. I love how a sense of place and the things you're told about the place you live, and your place in the world, are so clearly linked to self worth and belief in yourself.
I love the world through Woodson's lens.
Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Grief, and Racism
Minor: Slavery
evelynnnn33333's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death, Bullying, and Grief
erins_bookshelf_'s review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Death, and Grief
katelynprice's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Death, and Grief
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Car accident, and Child death
beccacondon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Racism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Emotional abuse
carryb3yanprincess's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Death and Abandonment
asienerbrown's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism and Death
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Medical content, and Death
axel_p's review against another edition
Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Grief, Chronic illness, Ableism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Xenophobia
marioosa517's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness