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by: Karen Cushman
narrated by: Emma Galvin
rating: liked
This is a novel set in everyday life from September 1941 to February 1942. It is more of a character driven novel where Millie contends with seeing the world shift around her as war becomes a reality for Americans, and as the people and circumstances surrounding her change with the war. Millie is obsessed with remembering dead things as a way to ward off death in her own life. She carries around a notebook she has dubbed the "Book of Dead Things" to record everything from dead sea creatures she finds on the beach, to the names of dead soldiers she hears on the radio, and she even asks new people she meets if anyone they know has died lately to add them to her book. To say the least, this book is fairly morbid and not for a sensitive reader. Millie does come to see some hope for the future by the end of the book, but her downcast attitude and the lack of any exciting plot points made this only an okay read for me.
Content Warning: Bullying, Death, Anxiety (specifically surrounding war)
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