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A review by skyjordie
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
5.0
The first novel that I read <3
This is the book that gave me the initiative to love reading. It showed me a strange but significant connection with Yolonda who was actually trying to cover her true self with her bad reputation. She started off being stubborn and scornful in her new town, in Chicago. Then finds out that her brother who never talks much has a problem with reading. He loved to play the old harmonica that their father left him. He can imitate any sound he hears, like bacon sizzling, or express any mood he feels, like the freshness of an early morning. Yolanda understands that that's the way he "talks." It strikes me most when she actually saw something that neither her own mother or the teacher of his brother can - the genius in her brother. She sees his talent as something so special and priceless.
This is the book that gave me the initiative to love reading. It showed me a strange but significant connection with Yolonda who was actually trying to cover her true self with her bad reputation. She started off being stubborn and scornful in her new town, in Chicago. Then finds out that her brother who never talks much has a problem with reading. He loved to play the old harmonica that their father left him. He can imitate any sound he hears, like bacon sizzling, or express any mood he feels, like the freshness of an early morning. Yolanda understands that that's the way he "talks." It strikes me most when she actually saw something that neither her own mother or the teacher of his brother can - the genius in her brother. She sees his talent as something so special and priceless.