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A review by jerihurd
Generation Misfits by Akemi Dawn Bowman
3.0
For a MS Librarian, I'm not always the best reader for middle-grade fiction. Given their understandable focus on identity, I find all too many of them to be rather didactic and on-point in their current issues box-ticking. This is no exception. But this is my summer to catch up on the m-g and YA reading I neglected to do during the year soooo here we are.
The found-family group of girls at the center of novel are engaging, but also the most mature 11 year old I've ever seen. And she's managed to people the school with a group of fairly incompetent teachers who let a new kid struggle without any serious attempts to intervene. But kids won't care about that, and would appreciate the book in general, so will definitely add it to my recommendation rotation.
The found-family group of girls at the center of novel are engaging, but also the most mature 11 year old I've ever seen. And she's managed to people the school with a group of fairly incompetent teachers who let a new kid struggle without any serious attempts to intervene. But kids won't care about that, and would appreciate the book in general, so will definitely add it to my recommendation rotation.