A review by snazel
The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats
5.0
WHAT A GOOD MIDDLE GRADE.
In tone I was really reminded of the rollicking and somewhat madcap fun of By The Great Horn Spoon, but this was much deeper in terms of both the character coming of age and the book’s awareness of some of the darker elements of American history. It doesn’t go too deeply into them— this is a Middle Grade Book— but there is a lot of room for discussion spinning out of mention of race laws, slavery, sexism, the need for education, western treatment of native treaties, residential schools, etc.
In tone I was really reminded of the rollicking and somewhat madcap fun of By The Great Horn Spoon, but this was much deeper in terms of both the character coming of age and the book’s awareness of some of the darker elements of American history. It doesn’t go too deeply into them— this is a Middle Grade Book— but there is a lot of room for discussion spinning out of mention of race laws, slavery, sexism, the need for education, western treatment of native treaties, residential schools, etc.