Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
continues to tackle sensitive issues with the publication of her latest middle
grade book, Fighting Words. Like her
previous novels, we meet a strong character in ten- year old protagonist, Della
who along with her sixteen year old sister, Sukki, has recently been placed in
a foster home. Their mother is incarcerated having nearly killed them by
blowing up their hotel room while cooking meth. The girls initially were left
with their mother’s boyfriend, Clifton but they fled after he tried to continue
his abusive patterns towards Della. They end up being placed with Francine who
seems to care about them but the girls don’t know for sure who they can trust. They carry with them the scars of their
trauma. It comes to a head and the girls must face their abuse in order to move
on. The author does a terrific job of making the reader hope that Sukki and
Della overcome their terrible childhood and achieve full lives. This is an
honest novel that stay will readers long after they have finished it.
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