A review by heisereads
Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Ashley Spires, Charise Mericle Harper

2.0

I was confused about the main character being able to hold full on conversations with her dog. And I was so disheartened that the first stop on the wheel was for the characters to make up a "spirit animal" for the day. The cultural appropriation of that element ruined the rest of the book for me.
Some context to help you learn more if you are unfamiliar with the concern:
American Indians in Children's Literature: What is wrong with Buzzfeed's WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL and Neal Shusterman's UNWIND dystology
School Library Journal: Riordan Praised for Removing "Spirit Animal" Reference from Novel
When You Don’t Get it Right (or That Time I Appropriated Spirit Animal)
AASL: "Addressing the Use of the Term 'Spirit Animal'"