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mandkips's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Confinement, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Racial slurs
Minor: Rape and Pedophilia
nova_juniper's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Important. What a beautiful and haunting picture poem. Excellent writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Racial slurs, Vomit, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Death
Minor: Child death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia
library_kb's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is a hard book to read. It deals with a lot of hard topics--the migrant crisis, inhumane treatment, trauma. The author adjusts this hard content for a younger audience through extended metaphor of cranes, which makes it more accessible to some but also could be hard for some students to follow the story because of all of the figurative language. I listened to the book which was sometimes off-putting because the adult narrator's child voice made her sound even younger than she was supposed to be in the book. I think it is a great book to put into the hands of mature reading 4th-6th graders or adults, because the content is incredibly important, but the interest outside of those two groups might be lower.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, and Medical trauma
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault
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