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jansbookcorner's review
4.0
I don’t usually like YA, but this one was well written. Overall a good story that teaches about a sad time in history. I could picture Juniper and Ethan, their adventures, friendship and their fears. For the most part, the story tells what you need to know without hitting you over the head. A sweet, sad story that as others have said will make you cry.
hannah_reads_2020's review
5.0
A beautiful and heartbreaking coming of age story.
This is the best book I have read this year. Set in 1950's Alabama, Ethan is a the son of a white father and black mother. After his parents seperate he lives with his father in Washington state. After he gets into a fight at school and is suspended, as punishment, his dad sends him to his home town of Ellison, Alabama to stay with his Aunt and Uncle for the summer.
Here he is far from welcome in the community, bored out of his mind, when he makes friends with Juniper Jones, the towns outcast oddball with a kind soul. She wants to make this summer invincible and Ethan is just the person to help her achieve this goal.
Grab tissues and set aside time to read this one cause you will not want to put it down. This book made me laugh, cry and feel very angry all at once. It's poignant, beautifully written and highly emotive.
This is the best book I have read this year. Set in 1950's Alabama, Ethan is a the son of a white father and black mother. After his parents seperate he lives with his father in Washington state. After he gets into a fight at school and is suspended, as punishment, his dad sends him to his home town of Ellison, Alabama to stay with his Aunt and Uncle for the summer.
Here he is far from welcome in the community, bored out of his mind, when he makes friends with Juniper Jones, the towns outcast oddball with a kind soul. She wants to make this summer invincible and Ethan is just the person to help her achieve this goal.
Grab tissues and set aside time to read this one cause you will not want to put it down. This book made me laugh, cry and feel very angry all at once. It's poignant, beautifully written and highly emotive.
knittyreader's review
5.0
I wasn't easy to start reading this book - the first pages had drawings on them, and somehow that made my e-reader crash, so I had to read it on my laptop. My arm is broken near the shoulder, and sinse I had to lean in a bit to read on my laptop, it would hurt a bit to read. This book was totally worth that hassle, I would do it all over again.
'The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones' is bittersweet. It tells, no, shows how much racism hurts, especially the kind of racism that we white people hardly notice, or tend to rugsweep. It also shows true friendship and how important it is to care and to stick up for each other and ourselves.
I also want to say sorry tp POC, for all those times I probably have missed racism right under my nose and/or swept it under a rug. You didn't deserve any of it, ever.
I received a free copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review
'The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones' is bittersweet. It tells, no, shows how much racism hurts, especially the kind of racism that we white people hardly notice, or tend to rugsweep. It also shows true friendship and how important it is to care and to stick up for each other and ourselves.
I also want to say sorry tp POC, for all those times I probably have missed racism right under my nose and/or swept it under a rug. You didn't deserve any of it, ever.
I received a free copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review
cfk95's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
elektrifried's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
bailey_story's review
5.0
“in her big blue eyes is the promise of an unbeatable adventure” | heartfelt, sad, poignant! all the feelings, all the stars.
jenedwards's review
emotional
reflective
sad
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? No
4.5
cassiesnextchapter's review
5.0
The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones weaves together issues of racism and discrimination set in a beautiful story about friendship and hope. It is a heartbreaking and resilient, joyful and disheartening, hard-hitting and nuanced. I can't recommend this enough! READ THIS BOOK!
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krisboss's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars
Are there really spoilers when it comes to a book on race and friendship in 1955?
Juniper was a joy. Ethan was her best friend. She was white and he was black in a small Mississippi town in 1955. Most of the book focused on friendship. Juniper was truly amazing. I struggle writing a review on this.
I know this is a part of life throughout the USA. I just sincerely wish it wasn’t. I’m sorry. It’s just such a slow process of revolution. It can’t come like a flood. It has to trickle in when and where it can.
Are there really spoilers when it comes to a book on race and friendship in 1955?
Juniper was a joy. Ethan was her best friend. She was white and he was black in a small Mississippi town in 1955. Most of the book focused on friendship. Juniper was truly amazing. I struggle writing a review on this.
I know this is a part of life throughout the USA. I just sincerely wish it wasn’t. I’m sorry. It’s just such a slow process of revolution. It can’t come like a flood. It has to trickle in when and where it can.