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Eventown

Corey Ann Haydu

Start date: December 1, 2019

Finish date: December 31, 2019

Discussion: Newbery 2020

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Mar 12, 2019 LauraW rated it liked it

Shelves: from-library, tween

I found this a bit heavy-handed with the forgetting thing - alluded to too many times. But that was the point, so I guess it was necessary. I am not sure why I ended up reading two identical-twin books one after the other (The Lost Girl), but I did. This one, I could actually tell the two girls apart, but the differences almost seemed exaggerated. OK, but I am not sure it would appeal to that many kids. I think the most interesting person in the book was actually the MC's friend's mother. ...more

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Aug 18, 2020 Renee rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia

I loved this book! Set in a beautifully imagined dystopia that's part Pleasantville, part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, this book explores really big themes about pain, and how sorrow shapes us as humans. I especially liked it's exploration of the idea that emotions aren't detached from one another, that a memory containing sadness might also contain joy, frustration, bittersweetness, anger, fear. It really expertly explored the idea that you can't compartmentalize emotions, because the ...more

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Dec 31, 2019 Alyson rated it really liked it

Shelves: elementary-school, z-mock-newbery-2020, fantasy

EVENTOWN has an unreliable narrator in Elodee. Elodee is unhappy but we don't know why. She, her twin sister Naomi, and her parents are moving to Eventown to start a new life. Everything is perfect in Eventown and they need a fresh start. The problem is that things are too perfect in Eventown. It took me a longer than usual amount of time to read a book of this length. The story dragged and dragged for me. In my opinion, the big reveal of what Elodee wasn't saying, took too long to be explained. ...more

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