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Nov 19, 2019BWilsoned rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I knew I would like this book because I have enjoyed the author’s other novels so much. This one is setting is opposite of the others, at least for most of it. As a resident of the PNW, I easily related to the landscape and weather. “...and the rain would settle on our good humor until it was cold and sodden.” (P. 25) After an isolated upbringing, Emmaline is overwhelmed by most things: a tiny town, a dog, people, school, and most of all by all the scents she smells and receives information from. She relates every new experience to her island. “I wondered how long it would take to break off each barnacle of a store, let the trees come back.” (p. 95) “Facing the (teacher’s) desk were rows of strange little tables, each one attached to a seat like the shell of a hermit crab.” ( p. 97) I would recommend this book to readers in high school and older. Bauermeister deals with family, growing up, finding where you belong, and trusting yourself.