The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

4.08 AVERAGE

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veryhungrybookworm's review

4.5
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: Yes
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abbressler's review

4.0
hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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vinniegetslit's review

4.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: No
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freeburt's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 37%
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lulu_b_reads's review

4.5
inspiring 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
Really good book. Especially for Middle Grade. I enjoyed the reminiscing about the 90s. Got goosebumps at one point. Another good book from this Filipino-American author!

booksbunny29's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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celeste_ilene's review

5.0
adventurous inspiring reflective
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myst99's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

mmunek14's review

3.0
adventurous 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
This was a charming YA novel about time travel. Sci-fi is not a usual genre for me but I was compelled by the premise and wanted to know what happened. I love the idea that someone wanted to travel back to 1999 to visit a mall. 
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angiedkelly's review

5.0
mysterious fast-paced