The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

4.08 AVERAGE

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bookish_maddie's review

5.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lindsmc's review

4.0
adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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photonblue's review

4.25
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mrsboudreau's review

4.0
adventurous reflective medium-paced

rosewise5171964's review

4.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

erikammon13's review

5.0
adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sn00pyk1d's review

4.5
hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
A really enjoyable middle grade sci-fi story.  Great characters, setting, pacing, plotline, etc.  Kelly does a great job inferring topics without being "in your face" about it.  All members of my book club really liked it.

boehmk's review

4.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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lizzy_hill's review

3.5
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
A thoughtful read-alike for Rebecca Stead's middle grade novel "When You Reach Me," but likely too slow - and perhaps too verbally complex, in the futuristic and textbook scenes at least - for most readers ages 8-12. I don't know how many kids that age are all that interested in late 1990s pop culture or Y2K either. Features very likable characters and some lovely messaging about life. 
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jjbird's review

4.0
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced