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Searching for Sky
by Jillian Cantor
As reviewed on Pretty Little Memoirs. With thanks to Bloomsbury Childrens for the ARC.
*Contains minor references to the plot*
Sky and River have lived on Island for as long as they can remember, and it's the only place that each of them can call home. They call it "Island", where they have adapted to their limited resources not knowing any different, like "Bathroom Tree", "Falls" and "Ocean", everything had a certain name for them. They live there alone after Sky's Mother and River's Father were found dead, and had to survive by themselves, only counting on each other.
River sees a boat one day when he's catching fish for him and Sky, but they aren't certain what a boat even is. They soon find that the people on the boat arrive at the Island to take them home - even though Sky has no idea where that place even is - to a place called California. There, things are very different. Sky is separated from River and meets her grandmother who immediately tries to connect her to a new way of living by getting a team of experts to teach her everything someone of her teenage-age should know and do.
Being set in Sky's POV, nothing was limited at all by not being able to get inside her head and emotions. I instantly connected with her, through sympathy and compassion for her confusion and brand new eyes at California, a place she didn't even know existed. Things in the real world are painstakingly difficult to grasp and day after day, Sky - who's been told that her name isn't even her own - feels lost by association in her new life. All she knows is Island, and even though she tries and learns new things every day, she just wants to be reunited with River.
It was tragic what happened in Sky's life, and as she learns the startling new information about where she came from, who her Mother and River's Father; Helmut, really were, Sky can't help but try and grip the good memories tighter. All she knew was that with the help of her grandmother's neighbour; Ben, she needed to find River. She had to go back to Island.
Searching For Sky really made me feel for the characters, in a way that I could picture Sky vividly in this world that felt so dystopian to her. I felt so bad for River, and although selfish at times, I felt remorse for Sky's grandmother who so desperately just wanted for her to feel at home. After all, she had lost two people she loved and never thought she would see again.
Overall, Searching For Sky is a book filled with the qualities in a book I love; an impeccable plot, an ending to make you tear up, characters I empathized and a story that won't leave my mind.
Searching for Sky definitely made my favourites list for this year - an exceptional and impressive five-star novel.
As reviewed on Pretty Little Memoirs. With thanks to Bloomsbury Childrens for the ARC.
*Contains minor references to the plot*
Sky and River have lived on Island for as long as they can remember, and it's the only place that each of them can call home. They call it "Island", where they have adapted to their limited resources not knowing any different, like "Bathroom Tree", "Falls" and "Ocean", everything had a certain name for them. They live there alone after Sky's Mother and River's Father were found dead, and had to survive by themselves, only counting on each other.
River sees a boat one day when he's catching fish for him and Sky, but they aren't certain what a boat even is. They soon find that the people on the boat arrive at the Island to take them home - even though Sky has no idea where that place even is - to a place called California. There, things are very different. Sky is separated from River and meets her grandmother who immediately tries to connect her to a new way of living by getting a team of experts to teach her everything someone of her teenage-age should know and do.
Being set in Sky's POV, nothing was limited at all by not being able to get inside her head and emotions. I instantly connected with her, through sympathy and compassion for her confusion and brand new eyes at California, a place she didn't even know existed. Things in the real world are painstakingly difficult to grasp and day after day, Sky - who's been told that her name isn't even her own - feels lost by association in her new life. All she knows is Island, and even though she tries and learns new things every day, she just wants to be reunited with River.
It was tragic what happened in Sky's life, and as she learns the startling new information about where she came from, who her Mother and River's Father; Helmut, really were, Sky can't help but try and grip the good memories tighter. All she knew was that with the help of her grandmother's neighbour; Ben, she needed to find River. She had to go back to Island.
Searching For Sky really made me feel for the characters, in a way that I could picture Sky vividly in this world that felt so dystopian to her. I felt so bad for River, and although selfish at times, I felt remorse for Sky's grandmother who so desperately just wanted for her to feel at home. After all, she had lost two people she loved and never thought she would see again.
Overall, Searching For Sky is a book filled with the qualities in a book I love; an impeccable plot, an ending to make you tear up, characters I empathized and a story that won't leave my mind.
Searching for Sky definitely made my favourites list for this year - an exceptional and impressive five-star novel.
As reviewed on Pretty Little Memoirs. With thanks to Bloomsbury Childrens for the ARC.