A review by moseslh
Lone Stars by Justin Deabler

4.0

I really liked this book! The main issue I had with it was that I identified enough with one of the characters (Julian) to be really annoyed by his minor character flaws, which is more of a me problem. In general, the characters were well developed. Some characters felt a bit exaggerated and unrealistic: at age four, Julian had "read the Narnia books, some Orwell, Dickens, and all of Twain" (77). This would have been extremely impressive for a seven-year-old character, but laughable for a four-year-old. Nonetheless, the book certainly made me feel lots of feelings and I'm glad I read it.