This was a hoot. It was full of camp and ridiculousness and it was fun to listen to.  It's a stupid funny space multidimensional adventure, and I recommend.

The book starts out right in your face with its title.  Are your kids naked online?  The answer is probably, yes.  I was pleasantly surprised to see in the first half of the book that I am a pretty decent parent.  I was already doing many of the suggested ideas.  

What was fascinating that I had not seen anywhere else, was this serious manual, provides a list of what kids are saying online.  "New language" that they use to keep us, the parents, in the dark.  The writers also tell us if you register your copy of the book, they will send you more to add to that list.  I highly encourage you to do so.

While this incredible text also goes over apps, social media, and the like - it is imperative that I remind you of something the author said that I felt was epic and critical.  "No app should be permitted to be used by kids until parents have completely vetted it."  This is just a start on the great ideas and "parent-isms" that are shared within.

With humor and straight talk, this book is a useful tool to get in to the subjects of safety and online use.  I truly believe every parent should get themselves a copy.  Just for your FYI this is also a Kindle Unlimited option too.  I give this read a 5/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

***This copy was provided by Online Book Club, in exchange for an honest review only.

to raise a child or banish a ghost.

The end of the novel, the sense of strength, hope, community and forgiveness, repays the reader for the trauma endured and a story powerful enough to make tears flow like rivers.

There are some truly incredible lines. The language Morrison uses is evocative and uncovers the buried knowledge beneath this story of one woman and her family. Morrison says in the introduction that the story of a woman killing her child to avoid slavery is a true one while the motivations and terrible guilt at the author's projections. 

I was delighted to read this as a group read and while there were many squares it might have fit into I took a liberty because this is a wild card and used it for classic horror. It was written too recently to truly fit into the category, but it has all other requisites for a true classic. 

Who else has read this? We can chat about it in the comments. I will also write a post on my blog at www.carmillavoiez.com about my thoughts on this text and why women and in particular women of colour write such soul-wrenching horror.