A review by marleah_a
Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman

5.0

I originally read this when I was probably 8 or 9, and in my memory, it was a story of a boy surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Makes a sort of sense, given that I lived in a rural area of Kansas and could hardly fathom the idea of a massive city with a subway and pervasive homelessness. This book is sparsely written, almost terse in parts, and follows Slake as he learns about life and humanity in a place where one might least expect it. I was touched by how many good people took an interest in Slake, a boy they saw only in passing as they bought secondhand newspapers.