Reviews - The Wrong Way Home

175 reviews for:

The Wrong Way Home

Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.37 AVERAGE

libreroaming's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous 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: Yes

A very solid and emotionally driven book about a girl who leaves a cult and reacquaints herself with the outside world. The ending wasn't as strong as it could have been but still a good read.

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msmackreads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

erinmac27's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

amyh729's review

5.0

I’m going to give this middle grade book the highest compliment I can. It was as good as a novel by Gary D. Schmidt. Oh what a lovely story! In the middle of the night, Fern and her mom leave the sustainable living community they had been living at. For the last six years, The Ranch, as it was known, was the only stable life Fern remembers having and she is not happy to be out in the real world. As Fern and her mother reach California, Fern learns more about her mother’s past and what the Ranch was really all about. This wonderful story is full of fantastic characters and does a great job of showing how important a community is and how many times, we find our true families through the connections we make as we navigate the complexities of this world.