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I totally didn't realize that I never wrote a review for this book.... oops!
I read this book for the Diversity in All book club. If you would like to participate in the group discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is a young adult novel that deals with multiple different issues that immigrants face. The main character grows up loving to hear stories of how he came to live with Gloria in the Republic of Georgia: Gloria was picking peaches in her father’s orchard ...more
I read this book for the Diversity in All book club. If you would like to participate in the group discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is a young adult novel that deals with multiple different issues that immigrants face. The main character grows up loving to hear stories of how he came to live with Gloria in the Republic of Georgia: Gloria was picking peaches in her father’s orchard ...more
This was an unusual book in two ways. First, it started out reading like a juvenile novel, and then, in the last quarter, felt more like a YA novel. This is because the main character grew up very fast and was in his upper teens toward the end, whereas he was nine when the story first began. Second, it was set in the Caucasus (the Georgia region), during a war I had never heard of. When I read it, it felt like I was reading a novel set in World War II, but it really began in 1992 to 1993, when t
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Blaise/Koumail and his protector/guardian Gloria have fled their home in the Caucasus because of the ravages of war. As they pass through many places in their pursuit of a peaceful life in France, Gloria does her best to protect Blaise/Koumail from the dangers that threaten them. Along the way, they meet many people who threaten them and also many people who help them and befriend them.
This YA novel is told to the reader through Blaise/Koumail. As the book opens, he is six years old and by the e ...more
This YA novel is told to the reader through Blaise/Koumail. As the book opens, he is six years old and by the e ...more
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Mariana
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Galinka
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Kay Dee (what is your storygraph name? mine is in my bio. join me!) Meadows
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Robin
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