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kimiloughlin's review against another edition
4.25
Great story about confronting bullies and connecting with your faith.
hevlav's review against another edition
3.75
This is a great book for young readers!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia
Minor: Death and War
courtney_dawn's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
thenextgenlibrarian's review
hopeful
informative
sad
3.5
The perfect MG novel in verse to read this July 4th.
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Anoop is like any other boy heading into 8th grade. When he realizes he and his best friend, Jacob, won’t have any classes together, he becomes frightened. Jacob has always been able to help Anoop when bullies come along, but now he’s on his own. As an Indian-American and also Sikh, Anoop is targeted for being different in his mostly-white school, but do these kids know that he’s from here too?
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This is a story of faith, growth and change surrounding one boy’s middle school journey and grandparent’s illness that has him recentering and rethinking the important aspects of his life. Those who fear that which is different need to read this book to get a unique perspective as to what many of our American students are going through everyday at school and home. The author’s note in particular was very important. This novel released this week. Thanks @librofm for the ALC. It was narrated extremely well.
CW: bullying, religion (theme), racism, shooting (mentioned), Islamophobia, vandalism, racial slurs
3.5 ⭐️ as it did drag a bit at times
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Anoop is like any other boy heading into 8th grade. When he realizes he and his best friend, Jacob, won’t have any classes together, he becomes frightened. Jacob has always been able to help Anoop when bullies come along, but now he’s on his own. As an Indian-American and also Sikh, Anoop is targeted for being different in his mostly-white school, but do these kids know that he’s from here too?
👳
This is a story of faith, growth and change surrounding one boy’s middle school journey and grandparent’s illness that has him recentering and rethinking the important aspects of his life. Those who fear that which is different need to read this book to get a unique perspective as to what many of our American students are going through everyday at school and home. The author’s note in particular was very important. This novel released this week. Thanks @librofm for the ALC. It was narrated extremely well.
CW: bullying, religion (theme), racism, shooting (mentioned), Islamophobia, vandalism, racial slurs
3.5 ⭐️ as it did drag a bit at times