amaryah_cannon 's review for:

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
5.0

Tricky to write a review for this. I think this is a really important book with a powerful message. It’s also a hard book to read because of the content (child sexual abuse, incarceration, attempted suicide, foster care). I think kids and adults need this book. I think we need to be talking about these things more. I am glad someone wrote this story and wrote it well.
It’s also only the tip of the iceberg and it’s also only a story. There were some things that seemed to get tied up neatly in the end (as it goes in middle grade books) and that rarely happens. But still, I’m giving this five stars because it’s absolutely worth the read.