Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed on 6/1/2014 + 350 more book reviews

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There was a great build up in this book and the whole time you are curious as to the answers to the many questions that spark throughout your mind as you read it. The beginning of this book was hilarious to me. A girl named Alice (Allie as she is called sometimes) has her nose stuck in books all the time. She pushes away everyone else because of her love for books (and doesn't seem to understand what all this talk about The Depression is about). You will most likely get annoyed with the lead character in the beginning of the book.

In a sporadic impulse, she decides to set off to Kentucky's Appalachia to bring books she's been collecting in a library donation box in her hometown of Blue Island, IL (5 crates of them). The adventure of her life happens to fall in her lap as soon as she arrives. I love how her character develops in this! You also gain an understanding of the characters and a connection to them. Sure I do have two questions in the end of this book that are minor, but the whole premise of the book is beautifully done.

This is a Christian fiction novel in case you were wondering. I had fun reading it.

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