A review by alyssarosev
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It draws you in with the beautiful prose and following the story consumes you. I connected with this book a lot because my paternal grandfather is from Greece and my paternal grandmother is from Norway and while they didn’t come to America at the same time as these characters I still felt a connection to the book because my grandmother has told me stories about her own family coming to America through Ellis island and living in Detroit for a short time during the depression. I loved how this book was written and how it took me through three different perspectives throughout the storyline. It was an absolutely beautiful book and one of the best and most emotional ones I have read this year. Highly recommend.