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5.0
Lots and lots I liked about this book:
1) The illustrations are fantastic. I LOVE Sense Pass King riding out of the forest on the jaguar with the snake on her shoulders. What a fierce little girl! And she only gets awesomer as she gets older.
2) She is a heroine in all the traditional ways that boys are heroes (not surprising, since [a:Katrin Tchana|214332|Katrin Tchana|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] changed the story her husband grew up with in Cameroon to feature a girl instead of a boy), and I think that is still needed.
3) There is a little girl who is supposed to marry the king (not Sense Pass King), and she and Sense Pass King appear to live happily ever after together (as friends? it doesn't matter and doesn't say, but hooray for two young women).
4) Did I mention how much I adore the illustrations?
I'm giving it a five after one quick read through, but time may temper my excitement. However, I'm pretty darn sure I would have LOVED this as a kid.
-- sidenote, I love the photo on the back of the author with her husband and sons --
1) The illustrations are fantastic. I LOVE Sense Pass King riding out of the forest on the jaguar with the snake on her shoulders. What a fierce little girl! And she only gets awesomer as she gets older.
2) She is a heroine in all the traditional ways that boys are heroes (not surprising, since [a:Katrin Tchana|214332|Katrin Tchana|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] changed the story her husband grew up with in Cameroon to feature a girl instead of a boy), and I think that is still needed.
3) There is a little girl who is supposed to marry the king (not Sense Pass King), and she and Sense Pass King appear to live happily ever after together (as friends? it doesn't matter and doesn't say, but hooray for two young women).
4) Did I mention how much I adore the illustrations?
I'm giving it a five after one quick read through, but time may temper my excitement. However, I'm pretty darn sure I would have LOVED this as a kid.
-- sidenote, I love the photo on the back of the author with her husband and sons --
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