Hurricane Child

by Kheryn Callender

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Caroline is a 12-year-old living with her father on the Caribbean islands. This sounds like it could be a really great life, except for the fact that there's a huge mystery surrounding her mom leaving one day, and now she seeing something that no one else can see more than usual.




This book was unlike any middle-grade book I've read before. Caroline is a character that is dealing with so much and is basically having to figure out things out on her own because no one will tell her anything. She starts figuring things out for herself and breaks rules to get those answers. She makes a friend Kalinda who is so much like her in so many ways. Her friendship with Kalinda helps her in so many ways and it was so so nice to read in a middle-grade novel. The magical realism part was a little confusing to me at first, but after awhile I really got into it. I kept waiting for the person to randomly show up and it never failed to surprise me and make me a little jumpy all at the same time.



Overall I really liked this book. Yes, there were bullies and secrets, and lies from the parents in this book as well. But there were so many good moments as well. All of the bad things in this book made it really realistic. Caroline is a character that we need more of and I am so glad that Callender wrote her. I really wish there had been more books like this one when I was reading middle grade as a middle grader.



I really hope Callender keeps writing books and I can't wait to see what they come up with next!

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