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A review by thisgrrlreads
Worth A Thousand Words by Brigit Young
3.0
Tillie Green's nickname is Lost and Found because she takes a lot of pictures, notices details and can find stuff that you've lost. This time, a boy named Jake has asked her for help finding his dad. She usually only finds stuff, but he is desperate. They start trying to solve this adult mystery and it works out about how you would think.
What made this story interesting to me is Tillie's leg. It's permanently damaged from a car accident that happened 2 years ago when her father was driving and they skidded on black ice. Her father has not gotten over this yet--he can't look at Tillie, he can't really talk to Tillie and he never drives her anywhere. Her family has treated her disability as such--something that stops her from doing almost anything. Fortunately, her grandfather got her into photography.
But there's something creep about the number of photos she takes and how she files them. I don't know if younger readers will pick up on the fact that this is a little bit weird. I think so, although I know I was trying to give Tillie the benefit of the doubt. But fortunately, her new friend Jake gives her other new friends and has a new perspective on her leg from outside her family.
Lots of growth happens here for Tillie and her father. And they solve the mystery! The mystery is fine, I would say the outstanding portion of this book is the treatment of Tillie's disability and how it has changed her life, for worse. Only now, 2 years later, can Tillie try and make it better. Although there is still a lot left unresolved with her mother so it's not perfect. But those feelings from Tillie are so authentic and the fact that the way she is treated really changes her life for the worse. That's unfortunately authentic too, but hopefully getting better at the end of the book.
What made this story interesting to me is Tillie's leg. It's permanently damaged from a car accident that happened 2 years ago when her father was driving and they skidded on black ice. Her father has not gotten over this yet--he can't look at Tillie, he can't really talk to Tillie and he never drives her anywhere. Her family has treated her disability as such--something that stops her from doing almost anything. Fortunately, her grandfather got her into photography.
But there's something creep about the number of photos she takes and how she files them. I don't know if younger readers will pick up on the fact that this is a little bit weird. I think so, although I know I was trying to give Tillie the benefit of the doubt. But fortunately, her new friend Jake gives her other new friends and has a new perspective on her leg from outside her family.
Lots of growth happens here for Tillie and her father. And they solve the mystery! The mystery is fine, I would say the outstanding portion of this book is the treatment of Tillie's disability and how it has changed her life, for worse. Only now, 2 years later, can Tillie try and make it better. Although there is still a lot left unresolved with her mother so it's not perfect. But those feelings from Tillie are so authentic and the fact that the way she is treated really changes her life for the worse. That's unfortunately authentic too, but hopefully getting better at the end of the book.