A review by theroadjones
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson

3.0

So, I picked up this book to read because I read and loved Kit Pearson's Guests of War trilogy when I was a kid. Obviously that series has the benefit of being about World War 2 and therefore having a built in understanding of the characters and their conflicts. But in the end, this book just wasn't as good as that trilogy. There are some elements that are brilliant, very well written, but I was just left wanting more. The ending was lacking and very rushed. I'm not going to grade it on a curve just because it's a kids book, and also because the first two thirds were great. It really seemed like it was building to something more, but it just kind of fizzled out.

This also might be the first book I read that mentions my hometown so bonus points for that.