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This was a bowl of hearwarming oatmeal. The kind with the maple flavored nuggets in it. I don't think it's like OMG THIS IS A CLASSIC. I think it is going to spawn good conversation about racism among my high schoolers. But I also think it is one of the more froofy books I've ever read on racism...nothing happens to anyone that won't heal up with a few bandaids, and everyone ends up friends in the end. When I was in tenth grade, we read Beloved and didn't really have the vocabulary or life exper
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THis book is probably the best book I ever read. I loved this book. I read it and found a greater connection to my mother through it. I haven't yet seen the movie because this book meant so much to me.
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Sep 04, 2008
Melissa
marked it as to-read
Apr 03, 2009
Kristin
marked it as to-read
