Thumbs up from the 9 year old, she is loving the writing from an animals perspective. It was a cute story & a nice way to highlight some of the dangers that the otter community is facing. The timeline is a little wonky in a few places but the 9 year old didn‘t mind.
My #BookSpin and #Doublespin are both middle grade books I'm looking forward to this month!
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You are invited to watch me talk about 10 books in my latest booktube episode. They include picture books, audiobooks, fantasy, essays, historical fiction, contemporary literary fiction & the science of wellbeing
https://youtu.be/PQoEGcUxB3M
so-soMegan E. Freeman's book Alone is one of my favorite MG reads. I was so excited when I found out she had a companion novel. While Away was a good read, and I couldn't pinpoint anything wrong with it, it just wasn't as good as Alone. I didn't connect with the character as much and found myself a little bored at times.
so-soI‘m enjoyed this companion to “Alone”, but I have to say I liked Aline more. As that focused on a singular character, this was split between 4 POVs, all told in either verse, news article style, or like a script which was a little distracting and couldn‘t get as close to the characters. The story is good though, and I‘m glad to see what happened to everyone who “disappeared “ in Alone.
