6/6/2023 0 Comments Plain truth novel![]() but then there are some that are a little more challenging, that inspire complicated emotions lasting well into adulthood. There are some middle grade books that you read when you're a kid that are totally disposable just reading for reading's sake and you forget all about 'em ten minutes after they're done. which, to be fair, would have been a lot for a picture book to take on, but the heart wants what the heart wants. It's war and nature and violence and death and love and duty and loyalty and sacrifice. This is a powerful story it's harsh, but it's honest. okay, there was significantly less disappointment. There are actually very few pictures in here, and there isn't even a fox in all of them, which was kind of disappointing at first, but then i read it and there was no more disappointment. i couldn't wait to get my hands on it, and the day it came out i barreled straight over to the kids department and after rerouting myself from the picture book section, i grabbed a copy and had to pause for confusion. it was a very messy dance, like a drunken sprinkler, and i guess it dizzied me into thinking this was a picture book. When i first saw this book advertised at BEA, i did an anticipation-dance while drooling over that cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Congratulations! semifinalist in goodreads' best middle grade and children's category 2016! ![]()
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