A review by mells_view
Hanna Who Fell from the Sky by Christopher Meades

5.0

What sold me on this book: a young girl who has been raised in the secluded polygamist town of Clearhaven is soon to be married off to a man nearly three times her age.

What kept me reading: Hanna was relatable. She was a teen girl who had been told one thing all of her life, and after meeting a stranger and a talk with her mother, she finds out nothing is what she thought. The writing from Meades is enthralling. I could not put this book down, because at times it felt like pure poetry. There are times in this story that I want to just shake the characters. Yell "wake up," in their faces! Meades does a wonderful job putting the reader into Hanna's shoes, and helping you feel the warring thoughts and feelings going through her. The mystery and so many questions that you'll start to ask once you start reading!

There is a little bit of a love story, but this is mostly a unique coming of age story, with a fantastical bit of plot mixed in to take the heavy reality edge off.

I really enjoyed this story, and think lightning has struck with the girl who fell from the sky.