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daringdelaney 's review for:
How to Build a Heart
by Maria Padian
This YA novel is fairly well written and will appeal to young teens and older "teens at heart" who can relate to the themes of the book which are fitting in, falling in love and finding their place in the world.
The target reader is definitely a younger-teenage group.
It deals with friendships, families, mother daughter relationships, sibling relationships, loss of a parent, and most prominently: accepting who you are.
A very light easy read, I went to the library ten minutes before closing to search for a specific book which they did not end up having, and grabbed one of the first I saw, which happened to be this. I had low expectations but it isn't as bad as I anticipated, but I still doubt I'd recommend it to anyone near my age group..
The second half began to deal in deeper topics such as more family issues and even discussions about race in a very realistic and powerful way.
The target reader is definitely a younger-teenage group.
It deals with friendships, families, mother daughter relationships, sibling relationships, loss of a parent, and most prominently: accepting who you are.
A very light easy read, I went to the library ten minutes before closing to search for a specific book which they did not end up having, and grabbed one of the first I saw, which happened to be this. I had low expectations but it isn't as bad as I anticipated, but I still doubt I'd recommend it to anyone near my age group..
The second half began to deal in deeper topics such as more family issues and even discussions about race in a very realistic and powerful way.