![]() ![]() Abbey’s Muslim, Kurdish American classmate, Jiman, is kind and artistic, and Abbey eventually befriends her. Potential suffering of humans on the other side of that war receives only one dubious and dismissive mention, however. As Dad deploys to Afghanistan, the stress and suffering of military families are written with breadth and warmth. ![]() Themes weave loosely: Abbey’s first period (arriving “like a punch to the gut / like a shove in the girls’ room”) the terrorist attacks grieving a beloved aunt, lost on the 86th floor of a New York tower, the entire building “ also missing” sublime peer friendship and run-of-the-mill peer bullying Abbey’s artwork longing for roots. DuBois uses free verse for Abbey’s first-person narration, skillfully conveying her protagonist’s pained and halting thoughts, occasionally integrating a lone, subtly meaningful rhyme. ![]() Tennessee is only the most recent place that seventh grader Abbey has lived: Her dad’s an Army sergeant, and his career means the family has moved frequently. military family navigates the days and months following Sept. ![]()
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