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Camo Girl (2011)

by Kekla Magoon(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1416978046 (ISBN13: 9781416978046)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Aladdin

review 1: Ella Cartwright’s best friend is Z or Zachariah and he needs protection. Z lives in a fantasy world that she helped him create where he is a brave knight and she is a fair lady because sometimes the real world is just so hard to deal with since his father abandoned him and his mom. Ella has her own problems too; the cool kids, mostly boys, tease her about her uneven complexion calling her Camo Face because someone thought it looked like desert camouflage; her father has died of cancer, her grandmother lives with them because her mom spends part of the week at her job as a steward on the train from Las Vegas to Chicago. She is the only black student in school. Millie used to be her other best friend but she started hanging out with the popular kids, dropping Zachariah and... more Ella once they got to 6th grade. Z was always the weird kid but he seems to be getting worse. Then Bailey James comes to town, another black student, and seems to want to be friends with Ella. As Ella grows closer to Bailey, Z grows agitated and Ella does not know how to fix it. Everyone is keeping secrets and it all comes to a head in dramatic fashion. Themes of fitting in, friendship, standing up for others, and family are woven throughout and Ella’s story will bring you to tears.
review 2: This is a beautiful telling of a story about bullying and resiliency. Bad things happen, but it's written to be appropriate for grades 5-8. And yet that doesn't diminish its power. This book will appeal to kids who like intense issues like mental illness, racial issues, dead or missing parents, severe bullying at a young age, etc. It will take some pushing, but will be enjoyed by those who try it. less

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