That one was Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s Fighting Words, which is about child sexual abuse. The blurb implies this without actually stating it; it does at least mention that the main character’s sister attempts suicide partway through the book, but still, I feel that this is a case where the blurb should also act as a content warning.
I believe that's the author's backstory, so she presumably handles the subject well.
Erin Entrada Kelly won the Newbery a couple of years ago with Hello Universe, which I found singularly unimpressive, so I groaned when I saw that another one of her books won an honor this year.
I usually like her books, though I agree that Hello, Universe was really weak.
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Date: 2021-09-08 02:03 am (UTC)I believe that's the author's backstory, so she presumably handles the subject well.
Erin Entrada Kelly won the Newbery a couple of years ago with Hello Universe, which I found singularly unimpressive, so I groaned when I saw that another one of her books won an honor this year.
I usually like her books, though I agree that Hello, Universe was really weak.