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368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374311995
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Publication date: 31 March 2020
Description
Tanya Guerrero's How to Make Friends with the Sea is a middle grade debut novel set in the Philippines about a young boy's challenges with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly. Pablo is homesick. He's only twelv...
Community Reviews Summary of 68 reviews
Moods
hopeful 83%
reflective 50%
adventurous 33%
challenging 33%
inspiring 33%
informative 16%
lighthearted 16%
tense 16%
Pace
slow 28%
fast 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Loveable characters?
Yes: 83% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
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368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374311995
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Publication date: 31 March 2020
Description
Tanya Guerrero's How to Make Friends with the Sea is a middle grade debut novel set in the Philippines about a young boy's challenges with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly. Pablo is homesick. He's only twelv...
Community Reviews Summary of 68 reviews
Moods
hopeful 83%
reflective 50%
adventurous 33%
challenging 33%
inspiring 33%
informative 16%
lighthearted 16%
tense 16%
Pace
slow 28%
fast 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Loveable characters?
Yes: 83% | No: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.