Tanita S. Davis
Teoksen Mare's War tekijä
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Tanita S. Davis was born in San Francisco, California. She received a MFA from Mills College in 2004. She has written several books including A la Carte, Happy Families, Peas and Carrots, and Mare's War, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Scotland
North Carolina, USA - Koulutus
- MFA at Mills College
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- Teokset
- 10
- Jäseniä
- 624
- Suosituimmuussija
- #40,357
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.5
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 34
- ISBN:t
- 44
- Kielet
- 1
This is a middle-grade novel, so there’s an age appropriate simplicity to the writing, at the same time the author puts Madalyn in a complicated and thought-provoking tangle with racism, where she has to determine whether it’s possible for her to continue a friendship with someone who fears black boys.
I liked Madalyn’s relationship with her mom, it’s kind of refreshing how well they communicate since more often than not mother/daughter bonds are depicted as fairly fraught, whereas here we have a daughter wanting to confide in her mom and a mom who gives her girl some grace and leeway emotionally. The mom isn’t immediately set on admonishing her kid whenever Madalyn shows frustration and anger, she meets those moments with understanding that her child is just feeling the sorts of ways any human would in challenging circumstances. Those readers who actually are middle-grade aged, seeing a kid receive that level of understanding is something they might really appreciate about this story, especially if understanding isn’t something they get a lot of in their own lives.
While the ending felt maybe a little too abrupt, I wouldn’t have minded a little more wrap-up on the friendship and the living apart from her parents situation, but the lead up to the ending was very much a page-turner as the tension in Madalyn’s friendship collided with concerns over wildfires and smoke in a riveting way.… (lisätietoja)