A review by renatasnacks
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi

3.0

Hmm, I struggled with this one. I think that was intended--the voice here is really strong and gets you deep into Ebony-Grace's head, and she seems to be a character who's pretty clearly on the spectrum but, given that it's set in 1984, that word is never used. Instead her parents call her spoiled, fresh, tell her to stop playing around, etc etc etc. So I get that we felt left out of the story because her family was keeping things from her, but in the end it felt unsatisfying because there were really big pieces of information that we never got as a reader.

Still--it's an interesting POV and I think some readers will really connect to it, and it's great to see a character who's a young black girl inspired by Uhura from Star Trek--the power of representation!