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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Insightful! Funny! Sensitive! Ginny Moon is a teenager with autism who has recently been adopted by a very nice, safe family. However, she will do anything to get in contact with her birth mother, despite the years she spent in danger living with her, in order to get closure on an unresolved issue. Ginny's story will remind us that even when we think we are listening and opening are hearts - are we, really?
Cataloged as adult fiction, but totally appropriate and appealing for teens.
Cataloged as adult fiction, but totally appropriate and appealing for teens.
If we're gonna get picky, I'm gonna say 3.75 stars. I didn't think this was perfect and OMG-unputdownable as I was expecting it to be, but I DO think it was well-done. I also heard it described as YA, which I don't think I'd agree with. It's like if Room met One-in-a-Million Boy with a touch of Rosie Project and... something else. It's a hook I'd categorize in that elusive "important" category, and for as much as I wasn't sure how I'd end up liking it throughout the entire thing, I'm glad I read it. Looking forward to more book friends reading so we can discuss!
This book is weird, Ginny is well written and its interesting to follow her. The adults in this book were dreadful. If you can't handle a kid with special needs don't adopt one, you can't return the store if it just doesn't fit your needs because you had a baby of your own.
This truly is a book about finding your own voice, figuring out your reality, and accepting others for where they are not where you want them to be.
I highly recommend as a diverse read about an adolescent with autism who faces unique challenges as a child in the foster care system.
I highly recommend as a diverse read about an adolescent with autism who faces unique challenges as a child in the foster care system.
I always forget how frustrating I find dramatic irony until I read a book narrated by a child. It's like watching a movie where the characters JUST miss each other over and over again.
4.5. Great writing, amazing character exploration, heart-breaking, hopeful.
Such a sweet book. I loved it all. Ginny Moon is such a lovable and real character. There were some really great points in this book that made me think as well as learn some things. I would highly recommend this book to those who like Graeme Simson and Fredrick Backman.
Wow! Ludwig put me inside Ginny's head and it felt so real! It's difficult to get across how powerful this story was without spoilers but I'm going to try! Ginny is autistic and was abused/neglected by her birth mother. She was removed from the home when she was nine. I started to despise her Forever mother and Father but understandably because I could see inside Ginny's head and they couldn't. Emotional ending that wasn't what I would have chosen but fit perfectly. Highly recommended!
As evident by how quickly I finished this book, I loved "Ginny Moon."
Told from the perspective of a 14 year-old girl, Ginny, with Autism, the author did a great job capturing her voice. If you want thrill, this is not the book for you ; however, the somewhat predictable way events unfolded suited Ginny's character and story perfectly. What the book lacks in suspense it makes up for ten-fold in character development.
Ginny was taken from her drug addict mom when she was 9 years-old. She leaves behind an unsafe home, malnutrition, and her Baby Doll. Though Ginny knows her Forever Parents that adopted her are keeping her safe, she needs to go back to Gloria to check on her Baby Doll.
Her Forever Parents try (Maura, in my opinion, doesn't try hard enough) to take care of Ginny and support her. Unexpectedly, they are able to finally conceive a child of their own, and Ginny starts to be viewed as more of a nuisance than a daughter. Thus making Ginny's desire to go back to her own Baby Doll (where she belongs) even stronger.
Told from the perspective of a 14 year-old girl, Ginny, with Autism, the author did a great job capturing her voice. If you want thrill, this is not the book for you ; however, the somewhat predictable way events unfolded suited Ginny's character and story perfectly. What the book lacks in suspense it makes up for ten-fold in character development.
Ginny was taken from her drug addict mom when she was 9 years-old. She leaves behind an unsafe home, malnutrition, and her Baby Doll. Though Ginny knows her Forever Parents that adopted her are keeping her safe, she needs to go back to Gloria to check on her Baby Doll.
Her Forever Parents try (Maura, in my opinion, doesn't try hard enough) to take care of Ginny and support her. Unexpectedly, they are able to finally conceive a child of their own, and Ginny starts to be viewed as more of a nuisance than a daughter. Thus making Ginny's desire to go back to her own Baby Doll (where she belongs) even stronger.
Every few years it seems like a book comes out which is praised for being ‘different’ and ‘unique’ as it uses an autistic as the protagonist. Ginny Moon starts off in the same vein as these books but stands out for the way it shows how difficult having an autistic child is.
A great book that has a different spin on life with an autistic family member. unrulyreaderblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/ginny-moon-a-realistic-look-at-life-with-an-autistic-child/
A great book that has a different spin on life with an autistic family member. unrulyreaderblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/ginny-moon-a-realistic-look-at-life-with-an-autistic-child/