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A review by arundlestl
Tru & Nelle by G. Neri
4.0
I enjoyed these stories of young Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote. It made me nostalgic for a time I never lived, and sad for the recent loss of Harper Lee, who I never met.
I'm just not sure who the reader is for this book. It's great for everyone who has read "To Kill a Mockingbird": so anyone in 9th grade English class or older. The subtleties of the influences on the children and how it ties into the books they will eventually write is just what readers like to make them feel smart. But it also reads like a young adult coming of age story, so I could recommend it to a 4-6th grader who enjoys a gentle read and historical fiction. But mostly, I believe, its audience is librarians and language arts teachers.
This is very different from G. Neri's other books; is there anything he can't write about?
Full disclosure: I received this eARC from Edelweiss.
I'm just not sure who the reader is for this book. It's great for everyone who has read "To Kill a Mockingbird": so anyone in 9th grade English class or older. The subtleties of the influences on the children and how it ties into the books they will eventually write is just what readers like to make them feel smart. But it also reads like a young adult coming of age story, so I could recommend it to a 4-6th grader who enjoys a gentle read and historical fiction. But mostly, I believe, its audience is librarians and language arts teachers.
This is very different from G. Neri's other books; is there anything he can't write about?
Full disclosure: I received this eARC from Edelweiss.