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Mannequin Girl (2014)

by Ellen Litman(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0393069281 (ISBN13: 9780393069280)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: Slow and awkward beginning to this story of Kat, a young Russian girl, as she enters 1st grade in a special school for children with scoliosis or other diseases. She dreams of being a mannequin girl, a star in the theatre and seeks love, attention and acceptance from her parents, 2 arts teachers who seem oblivious to her. The one part that fascinated me was how bitter and mean she could be; from insecurity? Feeling above or better than others, too special to care? As i read, i became more interested and cared about her. Hard to imagine subjecting children to such cruel and painful experiences, but somehow they survived.
review 2: I initially read this book because there are very few coming of age stories where the main character has scoliosis. Believe me, I wa... mores happy that I wasn't treated for my scoliosis in 1980's Russia. This was so much more than a coming of age book though and it was so interesting to read about being Jewish in Moscow at this time. A great read. Though I think it is marketed as YA (not sure), it was in with my library's new adult books. I definitely think it is more adult in content. less

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