"The Tuniit were said to have been giants who lived in the North" Siuluk is quiet, gentle, and (probably) a friendly Tuniq giant. But that doesn't mean he allows people be mean to him. When the men from a neighboring Inuit village tease him, Siuluk serves them a challenge of his own.
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The childish colors and hurried lines enhanced the over-the-top characters and slapstick feeling of the story. Between the art style, problematic jokes, and lazy story, I could not enjoy this book and struggled to finish reading it.
I won't be bringing this one into my classroom library. Everyone in the seemingly sleepy southern town of Lambertville has secrets: Amanda's could get her killed.
Meredith Russo's multi-award-winning If I Was Your Girl is a stunningly direct, tightly written, and painstakingly specific story about the unintentional, unasked for, and sometimes unavoidable "bravery" of being who you really are. |
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