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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

T.J. Klune

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

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Discussion leader: Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader)

Why we're reading this: It won second place in the BOTM poll and so people would have more variety I decided this month to have t…more
[close] It won second place in the BOTM poll and so people would have more variety I decided this month to have two BOTMs!

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February BOTM 2021 - The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune)
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Apr 01, 2021 ☆Pelumi☆ added it · review of another edition

OK, I was today years old when I found out that this book was based on a historical tragedy, the sixties scoop, that's still ongoing.
The author based it off of the Sixties Scoop that happened in Canada where Indigenous children were stolen from their families to be taken into foster care and raised in white households to become "more white".
I am in no way trying to incorporate the story but I'd love to point out that the main reason why this is deemed problematic is because he tried to sugarcoat ...more

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Jun 04, 2021 Books 'n' Baes rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It doesn't deserve only just five stars . If there's a symbol ♾️, I think that would quite fit this book. This book made me smile. Made me laugh . Turned my heart and me into a mush. I loved loved loved this book.

I loved how Arthur was so quiet and straightforward at the same time. And I love how Linus fought for their home at the cerulean sea with the management. I love how the kids were so unique yet it all comes down to one thing which is they're just kids. And they deserve everything like e ...more

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Jan 27, 2022 Moony 394 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

AAAAAAH

It's 1:43 am now, as I start this review, and unfortunately I cannot scream my happiness at this book for fear of waking my slumbering family ... and being yelled up for staying up so late reading this. fudging. amazing. book.
Therefore, before I managed to gain the ability to form coherent thoughts, I was lying in bed, clutching this book, and squeaking. I couldn't keep completely silent.
I loved Linus and Arthur
And . the . children!!!! I loved Lucy's dark sense of humour and the endearing ...more

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