Review of the Day: The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish

The Ethan I Was Before
By Ali Standish
Harper (an imprint of Harper Collins)
$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-06-243340-4
Ages 9-12
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Southern Gothic children’s literature. Sounds crazy, no? But as weird as it might sound it’s a legitimate genre. You may think it’s all Flannery and Faulkner but kids have a delightful range to choose from. Now usually such books are in the vein of Sheila Turnage and her Three Times Lucky series, Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, and J.E. Thomps...