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A review by thenextgenlib
Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden
5.0
One act of kindness can change the world.
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Libby’s family is infamous in town for being “bad news”, but she doesn’t want that moniker applied to her. She wants to draw and color and change the world. Then there’s Jack: a boy who is trying so hard to be good after his younger brother died. On the opposite side of the country there’s Vincent, a kid who’s obsessed with mathematics, but gets bullied for wearing a shirt with a puffin on it. One day Vincent meets T, who literally gives him the shirt off their back. T is a homeless child living on the street because their parents wouldn’t accept them for who they are.
Four kids. One postcard. A chain reaction that changes everything.
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This story takes a bit to get into because you’re learning about each of the children involved, but once it does—BAM! You’re hooked. The Benefits of Being An Octopus was an amazing debut by Braden. I knew her second novel would be just as phenomenal, but I had no clue it would hit me like this. Flight of the Puffin is going to change minds and save lives. It’s the first MG book I’ve ever read that addresses #transrights in a way that is told with sensitivity and age appropriate language so our younger students can understand the issues trans students go through. I am so excited for this book to be released May 4 so our youth can read it and in doing so become a more empathetic generation for the future. Thank you @this_is_edelweiss for an ARC. Do yourself, your students and your school a favor and preorder this immediately.
✉️
Libby’s family is infamous in town for being “bad news”, but she doesn’t want that moniker applied to her. She wants to draw and color and change the world. Then there’s Jack: a boy who is trying so hard to be good after his younger brother died. On the opposite side of the country there’s Vincent, a kid who’s obsessed with mathematics, but gets bullied for wearing a shirt with a puffin on it. One day Vincent meets T, who literally gives him the shirt off their back. T is a homeless child living on the street because their parents wouldn’t accept them for who they are.
Four kids. One postcard. A chain reaction that changes everything.
✉️
This story takes a bit to get into because you’re learning about each of the children involved, but once it does—BAM! You’re hooked. The Benefits of Being An Octopus was an amazing debut by Braden. I knew her second novel would be just as phenomenal, but I had no clue it would hit me like this. Flight of the Puffin is going to change minds and save lives. It’s the first MG book I’ve ever read that addresses #transrights in a way that is told with sensitivity and age appropriate language so our younger students can understand the issues trans students go through. I am so excited for this book to be released May 4 so our youth can read it and in doing so become a more empathetic generation for the future. Thank you @this_is_edelweiss for an ARC. Do yourself, your students and your school a favor and preorder this immediately.