candelibri's reviews
1931 reviews

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Alexis West, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Anita Heiss, Aileen Walsh, Miranda Tapsell, Terri Janke, Adam Goodes, Tony Birch, Celeste Liddle, Tara June Winch, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Patrick Johnson, Jared Thomas, Amy McQuire, Jack Latimore, Deborah Cheetham

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Hello Stranger by Jade West

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir

challenging informative sad slow-paced

3.25

Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

If you’re a fan of time travel and A Wrinkle in Time, you will enjoy this. This was a perfectly fine read, and a great middle grade novel. (Some nice seizure representation which was a nice surprise) 

Don’t know if I would ever revisit it, however, thus the rating.