Lisa Lewis Tyre
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Hope in The Holler
Overall this title shares a strong message of chosen family, hope, and friendship. I did notice a couple of things that didn't seem to add up in the plot. I also thought the climactic scene was a little hard to follow.
The plot was great! I was hooked and finished it quickly. It lost me a little in its depiction of rural poverty. There were nuanced bits and cartoonish bits. And when I actually got to the end I was a tad confused. Overall a pretty good reading experience but I have a feeling it wouldn’t hold up well under closer scrutiny.
On a summer break, Lou begins to dig into the past of her Civil War-era house, and develops a passion for historical preservation. The story chronicles battles against racism both in the present and in the past and illustrates the importance of fighting for what is right.
"There isn’t much of anything but crushing poverty in the holler, making hope hard to sustain.
Wavie hasn’t even left the cemetery where her mother’s funeral was held before a stranger, her ignorant and mean aunt, Samantha Rose, shows up to take the grieving 12-year-old back to the family home in Conley Holler. That house, “a whole new level of despair,” turns out to be more hovel than home, part of the reason Wavie’s mom turned her back on it years ago. It’s quickly obvious that Samantha’s interest is motivated by Wavie’s Social Security check—not affection or family ties. Befriended by resilient neighbor kids Gilbert and Camille, Wavie eventually finds a way to achieve the good life that her mom promised her she deserved. Wavie has a delightfully memorable first-person voice that includes pithy observations, such as “If the [war on poverty] was over, my new neighborhood was proof we’d lost.” She’s so engaged with the people around her that her perceptions breathe full life into a range of characters, from the school principal who high-fives students (while secretly checking for lice) to an elderly, confused ex-lawyer grieving for his beloved lost son. Camille and her Mexican-American family are some of the few people of color in this mostly white, not universally welcoming Kentucky community. If things work out a bit too well for real life, this glimpse of happiness can be forgiven.
A moving and richly engaging tale of despair and redemption. (Fiction. 10-14)… (mere)
Wavie hasn’t even left the cemetery where her mother’s funeral was held before a stranger, her ignorant and mean aunt, Samantha Rose, shows up to take the grieving 12-year-old back to the family home in Conley Holler. That house, “a whole new level of despair,” turns out to be more hovel than home, part of the reason Wavie’s mom turned her back on it years ago. It’s quickly obvious that Samantha’s interest is motivated by Wavie’s Social Security check—not affection or family ties. Befriended by resilient neighbor kids Gilbert and Camille, Wavie eventually finds a way to achieve the good life that her mom promised her she deserved. Wavie has a delightfully memorable first-person voice that includes pithy observations, such as “If the [war on poverty] was over, my new neighborhood was proof we’d lost.” She’s so engaged with the people around her that her perceptions breathe full life into a range of characters, from the school principal who high-fives students (while secretly checking for lice) to an elderly, confused ex-lawyer grieving for his beloved lost son. Camille and her Mexican-American family are some of the few people of color in this mostly white, not universally welcoming Kentucky community. If things work out a bit too well for real life, this glimpse of happiness can be forgiven.
A moving and richly engaging tale of despair and redemption. (Fiction. 10-14)… (mere)
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- 210
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- #105,678
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- 4.0
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