- Complex novel addressing complex issues.
- Poverty, addiction, and generational cycles of abuse are addressed.
- Isabelle must deal with being bullied at school, while trying to keep her family together.. having to mother her mother, in addition to her two younger siblings.
- Sympathetic character portrayals abound, drawing the reader into the harsh reality of Isabelle’s world.
- Despite her reluctance to let outsiders in, Isabelle develops a support network and the reader is reminded that it takes a village.
Read the review at CM Magazine.
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- Check out Forest Fridays, virtual visits with featured authors. We will be hosting a couple of them here at ESA.
- Students who would like to join us at the Festival of Trees, at Harbourfront, on Tuesday May 16th should see Ms. Wray in the Library.
- Permission forms will be available closer to the date.