Reviews

The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho

cupricsulphate's review

emotional medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

m4evzie's review

challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

korrinamoe's review

3.0

Dara and her family have gone to the Border to be safe, and get away from war. When they have to leave again, Dara is seperated from her family. Jantu gives her a marble and says that there's magic in it. Chnay offers to help find Dara's family. When Dara is reunited with her family, she discovers that Sarun and Nea are engaged. Later, someone kills Jantu. It turns out that there was no magic in the clay marble. Only that Dara really believed that she would find her family. Later, Sarun and Nea end up having children. Dara gets married, and has a daughter. I really like this book. No more no less.

j0yce's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Death

michellehshen's review

6th Grade

miaaisha's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

storyseekers's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

4.5

Read this in high school, it touched my heart. A short but compelling read, I still remember the rice scene.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

catsbah's review

4.0

Loved this! Read it with my students at school. We were able to have great discussions.

purelykara's review

4.0

This was one of the books I read as a child that made me aware of a world outside of my own.

kowai_mangl's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death