Some Informal Thoughts on Karen Cushman’s WILL SPARROW’S ROAD and Grace Lin’S STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY

This was a rather longer-than-planned-when-I-started-writing-it comment on Nina Lindsay’s Heavy Medal post on Karen Cushman’sWILL SPARROW’S ROADand Grace Lin’sSTARRY RIVER OF THE SKY. Figured that it might be of interest for those who read this blog, but not theirs, so here it is. That said, I serve notice that the following aren’t reviews as much as some scattered thoughts about the two books (hence the title of this post).

I was glad to see these two books thrown into the mix. In WILL SPARRO...