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A review by akacya
Sugaring Off by Gillian French
4.0
2023 reads: 178/350
content warnings (please note i may have missed some): past child abuse, incarcerated parent
after the tragedy that landed her father in prison and owl with her aunt and uncle, she now is a wildlife enthusiast living on her aunt and uncle’s maple sugar farm. when a boy named cody comes to help with the sugaring off, she finds herself drawn to him. soon enough, though, owl finds herself dealing with cody’s destructive tendencies and her father’s release from prison at the same time.
before this book, i knew nothing about the maple sugar farm life. however, i was still drawn to this book because of the premise, and i’m glad i decided to pick it up.
one thing i liked about this book was that owl’s deafness wasn’t just there to make her different, but was actually talked about many times. for example, she works with a teacher for the deaf to learn sign language. this also led to owl advocating for herself. it was so nice seeing this because i feel like many other books with deaf protagonists i’ve read start the book with the mc already knowing sign language, so i felt like this was a unique element.
content warnings (please note i may have missed some): past child abuse, incarcerated parent
after the tragedy that landed her father in prison and owl with her aunt and uncle, she now is a wildlife enthusiast living on her aunt and uncle’s maple sugar farm. when a boy named cody comes to help with the sugaring off, she finds herself drawn to him. soon enough, though, owl finds herself dealing with cody’s destructive tendencies and her father’s release from prison at the same time.
before this book, i knew nothing about the maple sugar farm life. however, i was still drawn to this book because of the premise, and i’m glad i decided to pick it up.
one thing i liked about this book was that owl’s deafness wasn’t just there to make her different, but was actually talked about many times. for example, she works with a teacher for the deaf to learn sign language. this also led to owl advocating for herself. it was so nice seeing this because i feel like many other books with deaf protagonists i’ve read start the book with the mc already knowing sign language, so i felt like this was a unique element.