grav_ity: (River)
[personal profile] grav_ity
THIS BOOK.

THIS BOOK.

I am really hit or miss for Middle Grade, but Kelly wrote a FANTASTIC book here. Her politics and values are seamlessly woven into a plot about magic, legacy, inheritance, horror, and the things we do for love (even when they can go very, very badly). And absolutely STELLAR world-building. And I know that sometimes "worthy" MG books aren't actually books kids enjoy, but I think this is one of the ones that manages to do both. It tackles HUGE issues and has wonderful moments of humour and fun, and the issues are dumbed down any more than the fun is off-putting. It was just so, so good.

And also there's a really excellent Simply Enormous dragon.

Date: 2016-12-23 10:26 pm (UTC)
msilverstar: (Default)
From: [personal profile] msilverstar
makes me a little sad that I don't have a middle-grader any more.

Date: 2016-12-24 02:12 am (UTC)
ext_1358: (Default)
From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
I mean, I don't have one either. :)

(It's got a very good nostalgia factor too. I'd recommend it to anyone.)

Profile

grav_ity: (Default)
gravity.not.included

October 2022

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
910111213 1415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 5th, 2025 06:09 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios