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After Jenna's 13th birthday, she sets out to find her mother and convinces two adults to help her: Virgil, a former detective, and Serenity, a psychic who had lost her ability to connect to the beyond. After some struggles and disagreements along the way, the trio sets out to find clues at the elephant sanctuary.
In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.56 out of 5) from the site which was based on four critic reviews. [18] [19] In reviews, the book was called "harrowing," [15] "gorgeous," [9] "spectacular," [7] "dynamic," and "unsettling in all the best ways." [5] In her review for Booklist, Anne ...
Concrete Rose was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Booklist, [1] Kirkus Reviews, [2] School Library Journal, [3] and Shelf Awareness. [4] According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on ten critic reviews with ten being "rave". [5]
The book received many reviews. [5] [6] [7] To The Washington Post, it is a "short but complex story that arises from simmering grief. It lulls across the pages like a mournful whisper." [8] Publishers Weekly writes that it is "a vivid mural of what it was like to grow up African-American in Brooklyn during the 1970s." [9]
In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.78 out of 5) from the site which was based on six critic reviews. [16] On Bookmarks May/June 2018 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying ...
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Booklist wrote that the idea of a young girl traveling alone on an undefined journey "stretches plausibility", but that the book also had "sensitive, authentically portrayed experiences". [3] Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews both positively reviewed the book, with Kirkus calling Johnson's writing "sophisticated and humorous".
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