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Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender

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saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is **BIG** on themes, in a small package. It might be meant for middle schoolers, but it's not a condescending book at all. I remember being 12, and on the cusp of leaving childhood behind. Caroline grows up, figures out who she is, learns to forgive herself and others, starts seeing shades of grey. This is a great bildungsroman!

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smilagros's review

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emotional sad tense 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? No

3.5

I HIGHLY recommend the audiobook. The voice actress did an incredible job. I felt that this had a strong representation of what it is like trying to just survive in elementary school. I adored the relationship between Calinda and Caroline.

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mysticslinky's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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dominicangirl's review

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emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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kat_smith24's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.5

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whatbreeread's review

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4.0

one thing abt a middle grade book, the antagonist will move away😭. anyway this book was rly good. the only thing i didn’t get was the big reveal.

i get that caroline’s mom felt stuck and depressed and needed a change of pace i just don’t get why she never made an effort to reconcile when she felt she was in a better headspace and i don’t feel like that was addressed properly

other than that i enjoyed caroline as a main character. it’s rly hard being a 12 year old and watching your whole life change around you and feeling like you can’t do anything abt it. i wish i could’ve read this book when i was her age because i related to her in so many ways

i also adored the puppy love between caroline and kalinda. i wish they could’ve gotten a real chance but i guess that’s life lol

the pre-teens are very delicate years and black kids aren’t given nearly enough grace to figure themselves out because they’re almost never taken seriously. this book tells that story. it’s a great read for the kids (adults too!)

beautiful writing. beautiful story. i loved every minute of it

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thelittlebookstore's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I didn't want this book to end. I was so torn about the way things played out but I absolutely loved the journey. I'm a sucker for anything magical realism, and I'm partial to Caribbean storytelling. I was rooting for Caroline the entire time. She deserves all the love and care in the world, but unfortunately she was frequently met with the ugliest parts of humanity. This coming of age story took me through a wave of emotions as the plot developed and the main characters relationship evolved. This book made me a forever fan of Callender and I can't wait to read their other novels.

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yarydoll's review

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

It's a coming of age tale. Caroline Murphy is a lonely girl in St. Thomas and she misses her mom who left a year and three months ago. She doesn't understand why her mom stopped writing to her and she keeps asking about her but her father doesn't tell her anything. She's also bullied at school until one day Kalinda arrives at school and everything changes. Caroline gets her first friend and together they go looking for her mother. I love the setting of this book and I love the elements of magical realism. Caroline is precocious twelve year old and I love her.

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readlexread's review against another edition

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This was such a lovely yet kind of heartbreaking book. I haven’t read a middle grade chapter book since I was a child and wow, this was good! I liked the style and appreciated how the author navigated themes/concepts like parental abandonment, loss, school dynamics (read: mean girls) and self-discovery from a 12-year-old’s perspective. I can honestly see how I could have used (and in some ways needed) this book at that age!

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bluberrybooks's review

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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