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Bone Talk
Bone Talk | Candy Gourlay
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"A powerful, complex, and fascinating coming-of-age novel." -- Costa Book Award Panel A boy and a girl in the Philippine jungle must confront what coming of age will mean to their friendship made even more complicated when Americans invade their country.
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WriterAtHeart
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A coming of age story about American colonialism in the Philippines. It was not exactly what I thought it would be, but I really enjoyed this one.

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Butterfinger
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Do you remember the age you were when you learned that America was not as perfect as you were raised to believe? I was in 6th grade when I learned that we had concentration camps for Americans of Japanese origins.

Bone Talk centers around three native children of the Philippines on the cusp of American Imperialism. What a great YA/MG book to learn about another culture that was ruined by Americans. Anger, guilt, sadness, fear will be felt.

Butterfinger @Chrissyreadit I think you will like this. 3y
Butterfinger @Chrissyreadit if you can't find it, Candy Gourlay is a native Filipino so you may find one of hers. 3y
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LibrarianRyan Yeahh 3y
Chrissyreadit I‘m going to see if my library has it! Thanks- I have about 5 and will see what they have 🤞 3y
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rockpools
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An MG novel set in the #Philippines in 1899, the time of the Philippine-American war. At 10 years old, Samkad is about to reach manhood - but the ancestors are giving bad signs, so his ceremony is delayed. And his world changes beyond recognition.

This was a page-turner. I enjoyed the mc‘s perspective - the experience of colonisation and war from those living under it. It‘s more violent than I expected to see in an mg novel tho.

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Librarybelle This sounds very good! 3y
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IReadThereforeIBlog
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Candy Gourlay‘s standalone historical novel for children aged 9+ is a sensitive coming-of-age story that combines the evils of colonialism with a magical realism vibe. Gourlay does a great job of showing the clash between village life and the temptations that the Americans bring with them (and the terrible price that comes with it), depicting a period and conflict that was new to me and which I think children would be interested in.

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akaGingerK
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A bit heavy, but I should have expected that from the cover copy. The author handled a kid‘s narrative voice well.

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