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A review by tigerlilliereads
The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I am a big fan of books written in verse and although this didn’t end up being my favourite book written in verse. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The book is about adoption, found family, fostering, searching to find out where you belong. Rynn was adopted as a child to a family on a garlic farm. She has a loveable dad, but her relationship with her mum is strained. Rynn has been wanting to know all about her birth mother but can’t request information from the adoption agency until 18… so she does her own research and discovers a sister!
I really enjoyed the characters of the children in the story and also those who stepped up to the plate to support Rynn. There was a lot of emotions put into this book and the author did a really good job of telling her own story through this one.
The book is about adoption, found family, fostering, searching to find out where you belong. Rynn was adopted as a child to a family on a garlic farm. She has a loveable dad, but her relationship with her mum is strained. Rynn has been wanting to know all about her birth mother but can’t request information from the adoption agency until 18… so she does her own research and discovers a sister!
I really enjoyed the characters of the children in the story and also those who stepped up to the plate to support Rynn. There was a lot of emotions put into this book and the author did a really good job of telling her own story through this one.