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A review by amyhi
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
5.0
As a mom, reading about a girl who was holding so many secrets from her family was difficult-- especially since the secret involved a man the mom did not like. In that aspect, June was naive and too-trusting, typical of girls her age.
As a reader, I really enjoyed this book. My rating fluctuated between a 4 and a 5 as I read it. I loved reading about the 80's trends: using Sun-In to become blonde, applying Bonne Bell lip gloss (I remember a specific 80s Bonne Bell ad in Teen magazine, but that product wasn't sold in my hometown), entering computer code in class (30 Run and causing the screen to fill up with a word or sentence), and smelling Jean Nate perfume.
This novel shows a fourteen-year-old girl transitioning from being a girl to a young woman. She fumbles with her burgeoning sexuality, not knowing where to place her feelings appropriately. What I most appreciated with this story is June's realization that the world and the people around her are not as one-dimensional as she's always believed.
I found this title when I was looking for novels dealing with AIDS. While AIDS in the 80s is always in the characters' minds, the novel is really about love, acceptance, and the realization that situations and people are more complicated than they first appear... and the realization that people and situations may be unnecessarily complicated.
As a reader, I really enjoyed this book. My rating fluctuated between a 4 and a 5 as I read it. I loved reading about the 80's trends: using Sun-In to become blonde, applying Bonne Bell lip gloss (I remember a specific 80s Bonne Bell ad in Teen magazine, but that product wasn't sold in my hometown), entering computer code in class (30 Run and causing the screen to fill up with a word or sentence), and smelling Jean Nate perfume.
This novel shows a fourteen-year-old girl transitioning from being a girl to a young woman. She fumbles with her burgeoning sexuality, not knowing where to place her feelings appropriately. What I most appreciated with this story is June's realization that the world and the people around her are not as one-dimensional as she's always believed.
I found this title when I was looking for novels dealing with AIDS. While AIDS in the 80s is always in the characters' minds, the novel is really about love, acceptance, and the realization that situations and people are more complicated than they first appear... and the realization that people and situations may be unnecessarily complicated.