A review by onefineelephant
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

I understand why this book is important but it is not a book I enjoyed or would want to read again. The ending made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Child abuse

presence of a gun, threat of sexual violence, threat of rape, hazing, implied child neglect, adult neglect of minors