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A review by tinkygirl
Hanna Who Fell from the Sky by Christopher Meades
4.0
Hanna lives in the town of Clearhaven, a polygamist society where girls turning 18 years old are forced to marry much older men. Hanna is betrothed to Edwin, and is going through the motions to marry him, when she meets Daniel and begins to question her life. Her mother has always told her a story about how Hanna fell from the sky when she was an infant, but now Hanna is realizing that story might be true.
I really loved watching Hanna grow as a character. She changes, but the parts of her that make her who she is never do. The magical parts of the book made me stop and think of all the small "miracles" I've experienced in life. Most of us have experienced some weird phenomenon, maybe being frozen in place and unable to take that first step into the crosswalk before a previously unseen car comes barreling through a red light or something similar. I feel like Hanna's experience is comparable, just amplified. We can't know the reason, just the effect.
I really loved watching Hanna grow as a character. She changes, but the parts of her that make her who she is never do. The magical parts of the book made me stop and think of all the small "miracles" I've experienced in life. Most of us have experienced some weird phenomenon, maybe being frozen in place and unable to take that first step into the crosswalk before a previously unseen car comes barreling through a red light or something similar. I feel like Hanna's experience is comparable, just amplified. We can't know the reason, just the effect.