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2022 ALA John Newbery Medal and Honors
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By Kristen · 9 posts · 202 views
last updated Mar 30, 2022 12:00PM
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I wish I had read this book to see the illustrations, but I listened to the audio and loved it. Answelica, the goat, stole the show, but I loved all the characters. In an age of heavy tech use it was a breathe of air to read something set in medieval times, a book with beautiful sentences and a plot that was unique yet also comforting. I will read EVERYTHING DiCamillo writes as she is perhaps the most talented contemporary children’s author currently writing.
A book for our times with enough wisdom to rescue us from the darkness.
This was really good, but it didn't quite live up to the hype for me. I got hung up on how Beatryce survived and when the answer was revealed I found it unsatisfying. That's just one squishy detail in an otherwise solidly plotted and rewarding tale.
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Kate DiCamillo and Sophie Blackall together? What’s not to love?
This was heart-piercing, humorous, endearing. A palate cleanser of a book. A classic, pure story that will sneak up and hit you right in the feels by the time you get to the last page.
A young girl, dirty, confused, shows up at a monastery unable to remember her past or how she came to be there. Meanwhile, a king has his soldiers searching the land for the subject of a prophecy that will end him— a subject that also happ ...more
Kate DiCamillo and Sophie Blackall together? What’s not to love?
This was heart-piercing, humorous, endearing. A palate cleanser of a book. A classic, pure story that will sneak up and hit you right in the feels by the time you get to the last page.
A young girl, dirty, confused, shows up at a monastery unable to remember her past or how she came to be there. Meanwhile, a king has his soldiers searching the land for the subject of a prophecy that will end him— a subject that also happ ...more
I am ridiculously sentimental and Kate DiCamillo plays me like a harp every time.
Bonus: a feisty Nubian goat among the main characters.
Bonus: a feisty Nubian goat among the main characters.
Yellow. 247 pages
So much middle grade fiction reads like it is written for grown-ups. I wonder if there is a kid appeal here that I am missing. I do love the spunkiness of the girl and the loyalty of the goat and the monk.
So much middle grade fiction reads like it is written for grown-ups. I wonder if there is a kid appeal here that I am missing. I do love the spunkiness of the girl and the loyalty of the goat and the monk.
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