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library_brandy 's review for:
Zebra Forest
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Not sure what to say about this. I liked it a lot, but to summarize the plot does a disservice to the wonder of the book, which is so much more about the feeling of it than that situation. These are people with their own issues, and maybe they're not people you encounter every day but they're still very real--Rew's anger, Annie's curiosity and acceptance, her willingness to believe in this man she's been searching for without knowing it. So many elements that, in a lesser book, would be Major Plot Points (Gran's shutting down and shutting out, the benign neglect of the two children) but here are just part of their world, it's just the way things are.
The inability to pin down anything specific about this book reminds me of Sonia Hartnett, another Candlewick author who is frequently packaged as being For Teens and is better appreciated by adults. But that's much of the Candlewick line.
The inability to pin down anything specific about this book reminds me of Sonia Hartnett, another Candlewick author who is frequently packaged as being For Teens and is better appreciated by adults. But that's much of the Candlewick line.