go1ds's review
i got this arc from ak press
overall i really enjoyed this book. i think this serves as a good intro to issues of how children have been treated in society in different contexts. the highlight for me was the interviews and also the essays written by children/teens.
i did run into a couple of issues while reading this. while i liked the idea of a multimedia work, the poetry felt out of place and i didnt enjoy most of it. there were also multiple essays that felt repetitive and very similar to other essays which made getting through them pretty difficult? a couple of essays also feel too vague in referencing indigenous groups without actually giving examples of what indigenous groups were being referred to. i wish some of the more repetitive essays were cut in favor of letting some of the more vague academic essays have more room to develop.
overall i really enjoyed this book. i think this serves as a good intro to issues of how children have been treated in society in different contexts. the highlight for me was the interviews and also the essays written by children/teens.
i did run into a couple of issues while reading this. while i liked the idea of a multimedia work, the poetry felt out of place and i didnt enjoy most of it. there were also multiple essays that felt repetitive and very similar to other essays which made getting through them pretty difficult? a couple of essays also feel too vague in referencing indigenous groups without actually giving examples of what indigenous groups were being referred to. i wish some of the more repetitive essays were cut in favor of letting some of the more vague academic essays have more room to develop.
readmeup's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.0
An interesting collection on an important topic that suffers a bit as an anthology due to over-reliance on essays from the same writer/s. The topical content felt like a very narrow sliver of potential discussion areas, in part because the collection stayed fairly consistently focused on unschooling (a clear interest of the editor, who wrote many pieces, but far from a comprehensive area). Worth the read, but a bit weak as a collection, specifically.