A review by roseleaf24
The Great Quest by George Varian, Charles Boardman Hawes

2.0

Another book from the inaugural year of the Newbery awards that tells me that racism in that time was extremely complicated, though many were convinced they weren't racist. The complicated legality of slavery at the time of the setting made this book more tense than I would have liked, but it did have some adventure in the last half. It is a pleasure to see how far literature for children has come in the last 90 years, though not so pleasurable to work my way through these books. The Dark Frigate by the same author is a much better book, or at least has kept its relatability much better than this one.