Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold
- This book presents an appropriate balance between trying to depict the horrors of war, and the changing nature of war over time, with the need to not devastate the reader.
- The book is graphic enough for the younger reader to paint the necessary mental images, without rendering them frozen with fear or anxiety.
- What really struck me was the way that the story kept coming back to hit certain notes: fear, uncertainty, hope, our shared common humanity, the importance of compassion and random acts of kindness, the heavy burden of sorrow, and survivor guilt, to mention the most important ones.
- I also appreciated the way various Chapters – various individual stories – addressed different aspects of war.
- The storylines opened up the possibility for rich discussions about the ways in which we, collectively as an international community, have approached issues of war, and where that has led us to.
Read the review at Quill and Quire.
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