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The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

4.08 AVERAGE

slykat's review

4.5
adventurous medium-paced
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angela_maria's review

4.25
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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ris_stitches's review

5.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

courtneyivaska's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
There are some interesting things about this book (characters and moral questions etc) but ultimately I felt like this was far to slow and introspective for your average student.  I agree with others that this could be a good classroom book club title… but kids who pick this up for pleasure might struggle.  Sadly, this is why I like the state level readers’ choice titles because students ultimately pick.  Newberry once again picking books that adults like. 
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mad_woman_in_the_library's review

3.5
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jtasker's review

5.0
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

melimelon1313's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sharper's review

5.0
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kmt0708's review

3.75
adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brandi_lee_30's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes