A review by kelseywaters
Dream Country by Shannon Gibney

5.0

This is probably my favorite fiction read of the summer. So well written—you don’t notice it’s a YA book at all. It goes back and forth through time tell the story of Liberians in both the US and Monrovia, and the conflicts between Africans and African Americans—the traumas show up over hundreds of years with the same patterns, just in different ways. I didn’t know any of this history before—this book makes me want to read and learn more about it. Each part and time period of the book was equally interesting to me. I love that this POV has been written so well and look forward to seeking out more of it. Shout out to Shannon Gibney—a Minnesota writer!