Book by a Native American.

It was an odd book

Book featuring food from another culture.

It was really funny and I liked how the little sister wrote in the diary for most of the whole book because she stole it from her older sister.

I love dogs, so I liked reading about Charlie. Charlie was brave at the Doctor office. Charlie was nice and helped the other dog. I like when someone reads this book to me.

I love this book! the whole warrior cats series is amazing but this book really came out to me. the characters are more relatable and their stories are well written.

It was weird in a good way

Has many fun activities and teaches you A LOT! I would want Ashlee as my teacher!

I received this book as part of a book club and dove right in. It takes place in Buffalo around the year 1900 and weaves all sort of history into a fictional murder mystery tale. Though not a traditional hang on the edge of your seat mystery, the story is told by the headmaster of a private school whose life intertwines with all sorts of residents of Buffalo, particularly the upper class. Her story and background unfolds in the pages and connects the dots to many different characters.

I wanted to love this book as science and faith and their intersections are where I "live". But this book plunged into the world of addiction so heavily, that I felt like I needed an Al-Anon meeting while reading it. I don't say that lightly because I highly appreciate 12-step recovery groups. I thought this leaned heavily into the coming-of-age issues of how to disengage from mentally ill parents and restrictive churches. Because it was a look-backwards POV, I thought Gifty, being a Stanford student, would be intelligent enough to seek out other places of worship and come to terms with (while not approve of) the cultural issues in churches. To condemn God because of a few people seems.....unwise and unfair. Do we want God to smite every bad action or actor? Wouldn't that include each one of us? This is the inherent tension in Christianity. How do we continue to love? The attempt for Gifty to discover the answers to depression and addiction seems laudable but naive. How many millions of people have hoped to do just that? Maybe working with God and maybe through 12-step groups could move the needle? Nonetheless,I learned a lot about Ghana, the daily pain of immigration, and the bigotry endemic in AL.