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My Life With The Lincolns (2010)

by Gayle Brandeis(Favorite Author)

3.08 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805090134 (ISBN13: 9780805090130)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: I found this book to be all over the place. I liked the historical fiction aspect of the book. I thought it was clever to have a story line with Abraham Lincoln and the current connection to Martin Luther King Jr., but the characters in the book were having their own personal turmoil that made the book feel choppy and left you questioning the main idea behind the book. It felt like two different books combined in one.
review 2: I was disappointed by this one. Mina's somewhat precocious writing voice was cute at first but got old. She has quite the imagination--she has this whole story cooked up about how her family is the Lincoln family reincarnated. It grew annoying pretty quickly. I also thought her dad was a pretty despicable guy masquerading as a kindhe... morearted activist. Most of the time his heart was in the right place despite his cringe-worthy comments about race but around Carla he made me totally uncomfortable. I can't see myself recommending this, especially to anyone in its intended audience. less

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