I don't feel 3* is a bad rating ... I liked this. It just isn't one that really stands out. I think what will be most memorable for me was the 3rd person/present tense. It just felt awkward, I was always aware of it. I felt so disconnected from the story, like looking at it, but removed from it.  

The storyline was interesting ... historical setting, before the civil war, a fictional look into the lives of some of the slaves. A bit of the mystical, as we have the ghost of the sister. Some revelations along the way. 

I appreciated the Author'sNotes at the end of the novel. I would have liked some discussion questions, I found some online (https://www.readinggroupguides.com/printpdf/reviews/junie) but they didn't really make me delve much deeper. I liked the love of books, the ability to read for Junie. One question that I think I'd bring up in a book club setting would be the different difficulty, losing someone to death, or to being sold away (you know they are still alive out there). Which is harder for slave families in history? 

No proFanity. Some sex, but nothing detailed/explicit.  Some words I note: snuck, rifled, cerulean. Aphorisms.