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Riley Marigold and the Winged Lizards of Tel Aviv
Much to her despair Riley has to move halfway across the world to Tel Aviv, Israel. But she meets a nice girl there and gets to take care of tiny dragons. Until the shelter says it can’t afford to keep them any more…
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June 19, 2018
Pros:
-You can tell this story was written by someone who has been to Tel Aviv and Israel. I made that sound like Tel Aviv is not in Israel, but what I want to say that Israel has an atmosphere and Tel Aviv shares that atmosphere but also has its own atmosphere that the rest of Israel does not share, and this author managed to get both atmospheres together with a science fiction atmosphere right and it is honestly amazing and probably my favorite part of the story (besides the pet dragons. there are pet dragons. Guys!).
-”Amir’s tiny claws pricked Riley’s legs through her jeans, but she didn’t care. She stroked his smooth forehead and he head-butted her palm in a friendly bump. Fluttering his wings, he settled into a more comfortable position. Wow, Riley thought. She was acutely aware of his small warmth atop her lap, and of Tamar’s presence next to her.”
-I loved this paragraph so much.
-Non-binary parent!
-The way Riley’s crush on Tamar is written is so great. It starts out very gentle so that you hardly notice it’s a crush and it stays gentle that way-and non-sexual (thank you so much, Kayla Bashe, they’re pre-teens)-but you notice because there’s so many of it, and I honestly think this is one of the top ten ways I’ve seen a crush written.
Cons:
-I know it’s a children’s story but it was a bit too simplistic for me.
In short, I loved it and I want more stories set in this universe, both with Riley and Tamar and without.
-You can tell this story was written by someone who has been to Tel Aviv and Israel. I made that sound like Tel Aviv is not in Israel, but what I want to say that Israel has an atmosphere and Tel Aviv shares that atmosphere but also has its own atmosphere that the rest of Israel does not share, and this author managed to get both atmospheres together with a science fiction atmosphere right and it is honestly amazing and probably my favorite part of the story (besides the pet dragons. there are pet dragons. Guys!).
-”Amir’s tiny claws pricked Riley’s legs through her jeans, but she didn’t care. She stroked his smooth forehead and he head-butted her palm in a friendly bump. Fluttering his wings, he settled into a more comfortable position. Wow, Riley thought. She was acutely aware of his small warmth atop her lap, and of Tamar’s presence next to her.”
-I loved this paragraph so much.
-Non-binary parent!
-The way Riley’s crush on Tamar is written is so great. It starts out very gentle so that you hardly notice it’s a crush and it stays gentle that way-and non-sexual (thank you so much, Kayla Bashe, they’re pre-teens)-but you notice because there’s so many of it, and I honestly think this is one of the top ten ways I’ve seen a crush written.
Cons:
-I know it’s a children’s story but it was a bit too simplistic for me.
In short, I loved it and I want more stories set in this universe, both with Riley and Tamar and without.
June 3, 2019
Super cute story of two queer girls saving genetically engineered dragons. I enjoyed this a lot!
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