A review by liannakiwi
Claudia and the Great Search by Ann M. Martin
2.0
(LL)
This one was set up to be a decent book, but it was disappointing. Claudia struggles the whole book about how she’s most likely adopted and how sad and angry that makes her only to find out that isn’t true, so everything is perfect now? This book implies being adopted would have been terrible and the worst thing to ever happen to her? Really? These books are great and helping kids accept their situations and make them feel normal, but the implication that Claudia being adopted would ever be a bad thing isn’t okay. I know it’s from 1990, but that’s still not cool to be the main message from this book.
This one was set up to be a decent book, but it was disappointing. Claudia struggles the whole book about how she’s most likely adopted and how sad and angry that makes her only to find out that isn’t true, so everything is perfect now? This book implies being adopted would have been terrible and the worst thing to ever happen to her? Really? These books are great and helping kids accept their situations and make them feel normal, but the implication that Claudia being adopted would ever be a bad thing isn’t okay. I know it’s from 1990, but that’s still not cool to be the main message from this book.