This was my Newberry honor pick for this month (among many other honors that have been bestowed upon it), and honestly, there isn't much I can add to the plethora of already glowing reviews. I have never read a book written in verse, and it was jarring at first. Yet, once I got the rhythm of it, I couldn't put it down. I could FEEL that South Carolina air, the splash of water from the 'johnny pump' in New York and taste allll the food - so beautiful and evocative in so few words. And I will leave my review at these very few words, other than to add - READ IT.
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