Scan barcode
A review by highcourtbooks
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
5.0
Rating: 5 / 5 stars
This book was reading history - and I mean that in two ways. The first was the obvious, it’s a book that happens during a historical time, and it’s written about that time. The second, is that this book should be required reading for either high school or college. It’s beautiful, it’s informative, it’s something that can be annotated and broken down.
You’ll like this book if you like:
•Poetry books that read like a normal book - but well...more poetic
•History - specifically the time of Henry Ford
•Multiple POVs - The daughter, the mother prior to being a mother, the father prior to being a father.
•Love conquering all and finding your person through the toughest and scariest times
•A strong teenage girl who doesn’t want to be a housewife, but rather a businesswoman (in a time when there wasn’t anything but housewives)
•Sad death of characters
•A really good book that needs to be read by literally everyone
This book was reading history - and I mean that in two ways. The first was the obvious, it’s a book that happens during a historical time, and it’s written about that time. The second, is that this book should be required reading for either high school or college. It’s beautiful, it’s informative, it’s something that can be annotated and broken down.
You’ll like this book if you like:
•Poetry books that read like a normal book - but well...more poetic
•History - specifically the time of Henry Ford
•Multiple POVs - The daughter, the mother prior to being a mother, the father prior to being a father.
•Love conquering all and finding your person through the toughest and scariest times
•A strong teenage girl who doesn’t want to be a housewife, but rather a businesswoman (in a time when there wasn’t anything but housewives)
•Sad death of characters
•A really good book that needs to be read by literally everyone