A review by saramarjorie10
My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver

5.0

This Middle Grade novel became better and better with each page. Weaver carefully takes the reader through Lu's journey in 1970s Alabama. Lu faces so much, from being forced to sit in the middle of her class as her Argentine descent doesn't make her black or white, to her search for the voice she knows she needs but doesn't know how to use. While this book does have a happy ending, I really enjoyed that Lu had to work for that happy ending, rather than just have it handed to her.