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A review by emileereadsbooks
Each of Us a Universe by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
3.0
I like the premise of the story but the conclusion of the book when the moral of this story is laid out felt forced and like it was missing some of the magic the book touts as so important. Plus Cal, the main character is so unlikable. She grated on my nerves. Which, I know she is a kid dealing with trauma, but in the arc of the story she was never really redeemed for me.
The main characters don't have a ton of parental supervision because of life circumstances, and because of that they are enabled to make extremely unsafe decisions that could have easily killed them or gotten them seriously injured and they don't suffer any significant consequences. And for that matter, neither do the parents for allowing harmful situations. Therefore, I would not recommend this book to middle grade readers.
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This is a middle grade novel that deals with death of a parent, war and becoming refugees, parental cancer, an incarcerated parent, alcoholism, a car accident, and theft.
Thank you to Netgalley and FSG Young Readers for the ARC. I read it in conjunction with the library audiobook. All opinions are my own.
The main characters don't have a ton of parental supervision because of life circumstances, and because of that they are enabled to make extremely unsafe decisions that could have easily killed them or gotten them seriously injured and they don't suffer any significant consequences. And for that matter, neither do the parents for allowing harmful situations. Therefore, I would not recommend this book to middle grade readers.
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This is a middle grade novel that deals with death of a parent, war and becoming refugees, parental cancer, an incarcerated parent, alcoholism, a car accident, and theft.
Thank you to Netgalley and FSG Young Readers for the ARC. I read it in conjunction with the library audiobook. All opinions are my own.