This Side Of Home
by:
Renee Watson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781599906683 (1599906686)
ASIN: 1599906686
Publish date: 2015-02-03
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 1
Edition language: English
I’d been hearing how excellent this one is for awhile, and it absolutely is. It takes a close look at universal issues of growing up and dealing with personal changes, while at the same time looking at wider changes of gentrification and racism. Maya is a thoughtful narrator, and the story doesn’t g...
Review copy: ARC via NetgalleyThis Side of Home is a solid debut by Renée Watson. While it shares many of the same tropes as other coming-of-age stories, the execution is what sets this book apart. Watson does a commendable job of painting a community in transition as gentrification drives old resid...
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