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A review by thenextgenlibrarian
The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
5.0
“I think the answer lies in figuring out the shape of time. And the shape of time is probably like the shape of thunder. We think it’s impossible to map, but that’s because we haven’t pushed our brains to think that way.”
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Cora hasn’t spoken to her ex-best friend, Quinn in ten months. Quinn’s brother murdered Cora’s older sister in a school shooting on November 11, but on Cora’s birthday Quinn leaves a box on her porch. This box is the catalyst that starts with the two girls trying to find a wormhole so they can time travel and fix what happened that day. But throughout the process they remember what it’s like to love one another as well.
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This middle grade novel wrecked me from just the synopsis. After reading Other Words For Home I knew this book would tear me up and I was right. Warga does an amazing job of discussing race, culture, gun control, racism all while putting it on a middle grade level. This book reminded me of Wishtree by Katherine Applegate and I highly recommend it for an all-class novel study for 4th grade and up when it releases on May 11. Thank you Netgalley for this ARC. The Shape of Thunder is in a class of its own. I’m adding one more quote that stuck out at me below.
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“It’s also messed up when white boys like Parker commit a violent crime, everyone tries to figure out why they did it. Me included. But when a black or brown kid does something like that, no one asks more questions. It’s like they expected it of them or something. That makes me really mad.”
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Cora hasn’t spoken to her ex-best friend, Quinn in ten months. Quinn’s brother murdered Cora’s older sister in a school shooting on November 11, but on Cora’s birthday Quinn leaves a box on her porch. This box is the catalyst that starts with the two girls trying to find a wormhole so they can time travel and fix what happened that day. But throughout the process they remember what it’s like to love one another as well.
⛈
This middle grade novel wrecked me from just the synopsis. After reading Other Words For Home I knew this book would tear me up and I was right. Warga does an amazing job of discussing race, culture, gun control, racism all while putting it on a middle grade level. This book reminded me of Wishtree by Katherine Applegate and I highly recommend it for an all-class novel study for 4th grade and up when it releases on May 11. Thank you Netgalley for this ARC. The Shape of Thunder is in a class of its own. I’m adding one more quote that stuck out at me below.
⛈
“It’s also messed up when white boys like Parker commit a violent crime, everyone tries to figure out why they did it. Me included. But when a black or brown kid does something like that, no one asks more questions. It’s like they expected it of them or something. That makes me really mad.”