Genre: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction
Source: I purchased a copy
Sasha is a
young girl living in foster care. For a long time it was Sasha her brother
Michael and her father. The coal mines took her father. Michael is her
everything. He tells her that one day they will leave the small town of
Caboose. Before that can happen her firefighter brother is killed on the job.
Sasha’s reflex
reaction is to run away. Sasha is introduced to poetry. Through this she finds
a way to find herself, to deal with those shadows in her soul. This book was so
much more than I expected. I thought it would be a simple book with some nice
poetry. Instead I found a girl who has lost her way. While in foster care she
learns she is related to the neighbors. This
story is full of different layers. There are so many things for readers to
relate to, loss, death, foster care, finding your way through the hardships of
poverty. There are so many things this
book can teach. I absolutely loved it.
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