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alenka 's review for:
Star-Crossed
by Barbara Dee
AHHHHH I LOVED THIS BOOK! I related to Mattie so much; she feels this sort of confusing distance from normal middle school heterosexual girl stuff and I felt the exact same stuff when I was that age, only there was so much less awareness and representation then that I didn't process it until I was older. I can't even imagine what it would've meant to come across this book at age thirteen, it honestly might have changed my life.
Mattie's fears and the stress she feels are so real. She's also a genuinely sweet and interesting kid; she's a solidly engaging narrator and gives the story life. Some middle grade fiction is written so blandly that I just can't connect with it or imagine a middle schooler connecting with it, but the prose is engaging without being too complicated. Perfect.
Mattie's fears and the stress she feels are so real. She's also a genuinely sweet and interesting kid; she's a solidly engaging narrator and gives the story life. Some middle grade fiction is written so blandly that I just can't connect with it or imagine a middle schooler connecting with it, but the prose is engaging without being too complicated. Perfect.