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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
emotional
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slow-paced
Honey I forgot the plot. Most painfully small print I’ve seen in a kids book maybe ever.
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
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medium-paced
emotional
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fast-paced
hopeful
inspiring
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medium-paced
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hopeful
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“It’s like wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, is never as exciting as what’s about to come.”
I'd like to thank First Second Books for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
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I thought the art style was super cute! It was engaging and fun to look at, plus it fit the tone of the book really well. I enjoyed learning about Kathy's story and seeing her grow. Continental Drifter talks about feeling like you don't belong and how much of an impact it is. We follow Kathy as she encounters different experiences in her life that change how she views the world. I would have liked for a few scenes to be drawn out more but overall I enjoyed the pacing of the story. Filled with messages of family, hope, and confidence, Continental Drifter is a story about living as your truest self.
I'd like to thank First Second Books for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I've also posted this review on Instagram and my blog.
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I thought the art style was super cute! It was engaging and fun to look at, plus it fit the tone of the book really well. I enjoyed learning about Kathy's story and seeing her grow. Continental Drifter talks about feeling like you don't belong and how much of an impact it is. We follow Kathy as she encounters different experiences in her life that change how she views the world. I would have liked for a few scenes to be drawn out more but overall I enjoyed the pacing of the story. Filled with messages of family, hope, and confidence, Continental Drifter is a story about living as your truest self.
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This was fantastic. I really enjoyed it. I thought it captured how difficult it is to be torn between two places, to seek out that feeling of inclusion and home, really well. I loved all of the photos after the afterword. It really brought the story together.
thanks to netgalley for an arc of this title in exchange for an honest review! macleod's graphic memoir can be enjoyed by young readers and adults alike, touching on feelings like loneliness, belonging, and growing up. young kathy's desire to bridge both of her ethnic identities is achieved in such a tender way, and the story, while quiet and nuanced, is very clear in what it's trying to tell. some parts felt a bit sparse for my taste--for example, it would have been nice to get a bit more about kathy's cousins, even just their names--but all in all, this was a sweet read that was very apparently a love letter to what "home" meant to the author as a girl.