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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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Grim but beautiful. The story really highlights the systems and pathways that fail people despite their best intentions. So many adults fail this child over and over and over, but so many others do the right thing, and there are plenty that touch both ends of the spectrum. The characters are so complicated and alive... it is hard to take in due to how sad it is but worth the challenge.

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It's been a long time since a book gripped my emotions the way Kingsolver did in "Demon Copperhead". As a mother, and as someone who had bad relationships and dabbled in drugs in my teens, this book accurately reflected the struggles of adolescence in a poverty-stricken community. 

I found myself throughout the day thinking about the characters in the book as if they were people I knew in real life. I wanted to yell at the characters, and hold Daemon and give him good advice and a hot meal. 

Such a great read. Should be required for high school or college. 

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