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A review by jenbsbooks
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
4.5
Once upon a time, I loved finding a good series, knowing what I was going to read next. Now, with thousands of books at my fingertips, I'm often less likely to finish a series. I have to really like it to continue on. I read the first book in this series during my MiddleGradeMay. I really enjoyed it and figured I'd finish up the two sequels next March (planning another alliterative "middlegrade" challenge) but then ... I figured I'd just go ahead and do it now ;)
4.5*
I'd found a copy of this book at the thrift store, and that might have pushed it a little (having the physical book on hand makes me more likely to get to it, even though I still end up going with the audiobook and kindle copy from the library). Again, very happy that the same narrator voices this book, she does it perfectly! There is a distinct voice as written (like in Savvy, or The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise) and the narration just brings it to life.
Again, we get a mix of historical events (moon landing) and ethical issues (slavery, KKK, Indian ancestry, even vegetarianism), family dynamics.
1st person/Past tense ... no numerical chapters, but chapter headings: (love that I can highlight them and copy&paste, as just reading through them is a good reminder of what was in the book) ... It Takes a Licking Things Fell Apart On the Road Everything Is Everything Moon House JimmyTrotter, No Space in Between Straight from Sophie Far from Net-Net and Unc Chicken Run Ruination of Things Great Miss Trotter Sophie’s On That’s Entertainment Part-time Indian How I Met My Sister Little Miss Ethel Waters Every Sprig Chickweed Going to Town Aunt Jemima, Who? Bambi’s Mother Short for Onchetty Like a Bird in the Sky Klan Keeping Up with the Kennedys The Spider Has Landed Got Milk? Pure T Spite Gone Blue Sky The Call Taranada Sister Three Dog Night You Are the Hill Mississippi Gone Crazy in Alabama Sad Irons Sign of Love Kind of Truth Act of God Maypop and Dandelion Southern Good-bye Keeps on Ticking
4.5*
I'd found a copy of this book at the thrift store, and that might have pushed it a little (having the physical book on hand makes me more likely to get to it, even though I still end up going with the audiobook and kindle copy from the library). Again, very happy that the same narrator voices this book, she does it perfectly! There is a distinct voice as written (like in Savvy, or The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise) and the narration just brings it to life.
Again, we get a mix of historical events (moon landing) and ethical issues (slavery, KKK, Indian ancestry, even vegetarianism), family dynamics.
1st person/Past tense ... no numerical chapters, but chapter headings: (love that I can highlight them and copy&paste, as just reading through them is a good reminder of what was in the book) ... It Takes a Licking Things Fell Apart On the Road Everything Is Everything Moon House JimmyTrotter, No Space in Between Straight from Sophie Far from Net-Net and Unc Chicken Run Ruination of Things Great Miss Trotter Sophie’s On That’s Entertainment Part-time Indian How I Met My Sister Little Miss Ethel Waters Every Sprig Chickweed Going to Town Aunt Jemima, Who? Bambi’s Mother Short for Onchetty Like a Bird in the Sky Klan Keeping Up with the Kennedys The Spider Has Landed Got Milk? Pure T Spite Gone Blue Sky The Call Taranada Sister Three Dog Night You Are the Hill Mississippi Gone Crazy in Alabama Sad Irons Sign of Love Kind of Truth Act of God Maypop and Dandelion Southern Good-bye Keeps on Ticking