Fighting Words
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Average rating4.5
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Ratings2
Average rating4.5
A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The War that Saved My Life. Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf -- her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud. In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. - Publisher.
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I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up this book to read, solely because it was an award winner. It took me a while to read this little book because some days I just couldn't. While, after finishing it, I think it was incredibly done and tells such an important story... I do not know when I should be recommended to my daughter. I borrowed it for my eBook reader, but I'd buy it if the right price came along because it is a worthy read. A hard read, but necessary. Overall, there is nothing too revealing in the telling, but more of an if you know, then you understand its essence. But again, I don't know when this will be an appropriate read. I think this is absolutely a book that could be recommended during a time of healing and therapy, however, I think it should also be recommended before anything has the opportunity to happen. But then what innocence is lost by reading it before “you know” of such things. Either way, while I struggle with my own questions of timing, this book is needed and I hope those that need it, find it at exactly the right moment.
Wow, wow, wow. What an important and powerful book.
Seriously. This one is a game-changer.
We need more like it.
