How to describe The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge? According to writer MT Anderson it’s “…a tragic meditation on how societies that have been trained to hate each other for generations can actually come to see eye to eye.” But is it? According to illustrator Eugene Yelchin, “A crazy story about two fools blinded by propaganda is not a tragedy. It’s a comedy.” Who’s correct? Well, both are. This National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature is a story of political intrigue and espionage, and […]
To Be Quiet or Not to Be Quiet That is the Question!
This is actually a 4.5 due to the heavy subject matter. The lovely illustrations do help push it closer to a 5. The younger child probably will not get the meaning of the story, but it still is a funny story about a rooster crowing and giving someone a bit of grief because of it. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy and Eugene Yelchin is a story about a town where everyone has a song to sing. And usually, […]