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Grave Message
by Mary Jennifer Payne
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advance copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
This book was fine. Nothing exceptionally horrible; nothing exceptionally great. I didn't realize it was a novel specifically for teens with lower reading comprehension or I wouldn't have requested this book. It was written in such a way that our main character Jaylin is 17, but sounds like she is 9-11 years old. It was disconcerting for me and made me have a hard time suspending disbelief.
The mystery of this story is perfectly acceptable, but I didn't really understand *why* Fatima would come back to get Jaylin to set the record straight. There wasn't a good reason to prompt Jaylin's investigation in my opinion.
All that being said, this is a perfectly fine hi-lo book and does have dyslexia rep which you don't see often.
This book was fine. Nothing exceptionally horrible; nothing exceptionally great. I didn't realize it was a novel specifically for teens with lower reading comprehension or I wouldn't have requested this book. It was written in such a way that our main character Jaylin is 17, but sounds like she is 9-11 years old. It was disconcerting for me and made me have a hard time suspending disbelief.
The mystery of this story is perfectly acceptable, but I didn't really understand *why* Fatima would come back to get Jaylin to set the record straight. There wasn't a good reason to prompt Jaylin's investigation in my opinion.
All that being said, this is a perfectly fine hi-lo book and does have dyslexia rep which you don't see often.