mtolivier 's review for:

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

5.0

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I was waffling between 4 and 5 stars on this one, and finally I decided to round up. I really loved it. The voice of the narrator, June, age 14, is spot on. She is just as self-centered, confused, and grasping as anyone who is that age, simultaneously wanting to grow up and be independent and to remain a child and be cared for. Trying to figure people out, and yourself. Puzzling over people's motives, trying to reconcile people's words with their actions. Trying to understand love, in its many forms. Well maybe we're all like that, at any age.

So many interesting relationships here: June and Finn, June and Toby, June and Greta, Danielle and Finn...
Good writing, good pace, and it's hard to come away from this one without being moved.