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Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
sometimes_samantha_reads's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I read this to my 5th graders for our historical fiction unit. They liked it well enough. It was a harder book to read aloud sometimes due to the book being written in verse and some incredibly long sentences. But I read it myself as a 5th graders and was happy to pass on some of those first experiences with a sad book (lol). My class had really great and animated discussions while reading this together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Child death, Death, and Medical content
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