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The problem with reviewing books months after I've read them is I can't remember anything. I think there was a weird thing with Hazel's adoption (or another adopted kid) in this book, but I can't remember what. The story itself was just kind of eh. It didn't feel that innovative, but it also wasn...
I loved Breadcrumbs, the first book I read by Anne Ursu. Her writing is amazing, it really draws you in. The friendship between the two main characters in that book was powerful. The same type of friendship is found in The Real Boy, with Callie and Oscar. Oscar is an unusual boy, who most people t...
Her class at her old school looked out on a small patch of woods, and Hazel had always thought that there was something magical about them, that it was the sort of place she and Jack were supposed to go into together. They would bring breadcrumbs, and they would cross through the line of trees to se...
This sort of re-telling isn't my jam, but I suspect it will be one of those amazing books for my niece to read.
I remember reading Breadcrumbs for the first time and thinking, "I really love this book, but it could do with refinement." This book is that refinement. This book has absolutely convinced me that I am a fan of this author and her messages. There's so much here, and it's unfair and sad and real but ...