![]() There's something a bit timeless about the telling of it, about the girl-and-an-animal element, about the questing-for-safety. This book reminded me a little bit of those old-fashioned adventure stories I read growing up. Man, I really enjoy saying that word out loud. ![]() Bonobos, as you can see, are quite like us.Ĥ. Definitely it has that gritty sense of place and history that seems to evade Pooh Corner.ģ. I've previously recommended Lucy Christopher's Stolen and Ruta Sepatys' Between Shades of Gray, and I'd say it would definitely appeal to folks who liked both of those. Possibly one that would make me rock and moan). But it is not The House at Pooh Corner either (I first typed that as the House at Poo Corner, which would have been a very different sort of book. ![]() I mean, it is not Little Bee, which caused me much rocking and moaning in the corner. It's one of those books that makes you look at your own culture a little differently makes your world a little stretchier.Ģ. I'm quite pleased to imagine it making its way into the hands of teens now, though. ![]() This book is an upper YA, and although I enjoyed it, it would've made my eyes huge with wonder and shock as a fourteen year old unaware of the history of the Congo. This is the first five star review I've given that is five stars for how I would've viewed this book as the target audience. ![]()
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