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challenging
hopeful
informative
tense
fast-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:
Yes
Newbery Honor 2025
This was a powerful story that brilliantly shows all the emotions of a child in a traumatic situation. The wrongness of the cult is so clear to the reader, but it’s also so believable that it would be normal to those inside. I read this very quickly, as there was a child in danger almost the whole time, and I can’t sit on that. I loved these characters and their journey.
This was a powerful story that brilliantly shows all the emotions of a child in a traumatic situation. The wrongness of the cult is so clear to the reader, but it’s also so believable that it would be normal to those inside. I read this very quickly, as there was a child in danger almost the whole time, and I can’t sit on that. I loved these characters and their journey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping
Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol