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I read the Samosa Rebellion, a middle-grade fiction book, because I liked Lucky Boy by the same author. The story is of a fictional island called Mariposa where the president decides to deport all immigrants who've been there less than three generations. It is a simplistic version of a common story. I would have preferred more complexity. 3.5 ⭐s
pickSekaran‘s MG debut is a powerful & timely story about immigration, who belongs & who decides/determines who belongs. It‘s also a story about family, finding common ground, standing up for what‘s right & helping those in need. The author sets the story in a fictional country within our world which I found a distracting & unnecessary but perhaps that is the point—it doesn‘t matter where you are, these things are happening everywhere. On sale 9/21/21
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