BOOK INFORMATION:
In this semi-autographical tearjerker set in 1979, Britta has just found out that her foster sister, Dori, is going back to live with her birth mother on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah. But Britta isn't going to give up her little sister easily.Eleven-year-old Britta's big Mormon family took in little Dori--a member of the Ute tribe--as a baby. Now, four years later, Dori's birth mother, Irene, is ready to take Dori back. Blunt and feisty, Britta is filled with anger. How can Irene claim Dori when she's been gone all this time? Britta will stop at nothing to keep her sister, even if it means running away or failing to see beyond her prejudices.
MY THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK
In this semi-autographical book, we follow the spunky twelve year old named Britta Twitchell. She is trying to keep her foster sister Dori from leaving. They live on their family farm in Utah. The state wants to return her to her birth mother. In the book you watch them attempt to run away many times, learning valuable lessons about life and being a grown up. One of the biggest lessons they learn is that life won't always go as planned. Also, that life isn't all that bad.
This is a super engaging book full of strong main characters. I loved the themes of courage, responsibility, family, and love inside this novel. The loyalty of the main character Britta was something that I envied. She has so many emotions she reminded me of myself at her age.
This book is a great introduction to the foster care system. It also is a good look at the ever so controversial Indian Child Welfare Act. These introductions were age appropriate and well done. I enjoyed the afterward in which the author shares her own foster sisters experience. It made the book feel more real as a result.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher Charles Bridge in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
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