Thank you Readers First for an advanced copy of HOME in exchange of my honest opinion.
I have never read anything by Mark Ballabon before so I didn't know what to expect. And now that I have had the pleasure to read HOME, I don't really know how to review this book.
No words will express everything this story made me feel.
Let's start by the easy part, I think. The illustrations. Every chapter, called window, starts with a stunning illustration in the colour range this book has going on: blue, purple and white.
They get prettier and prettier as the book advances and they were able to bring me straight into the story.
I also found myself asking me questions, as did our main character, Leah, and trying to answer the ones she proposed. The majority of them were quite deep and hard to answer but made me think about us, as humans, and our role in Earth.
I felt like I was friends with Leah. I could feel her anxiety and worry, I could relate to her thoughts and I wish I have had a Maia when I was younger for support.
I loved Leah's relationship with nature. The care, the love, the respect, the understanding. It is a great lesson for every reader.
Without a shadow of a doubt, 5⭐. HOME is a book worth reading.
I have never read anything by Mark Ballabon before so I didn't know what to expect. And now that I have had the pleasure to read HOME, I don't really know how to review this book.
No words will express everything this story made me feel.
Let's start by the easy part, I think. The illustrations. Every chapter, called window, starts with a stunning illustration in the colour range this book has going on: blue, purple and white.
They get prettier and prettier as the book advances and they were able to bring me straight into the story.
I also found myself asking me questions, as did our main character, Leah, and trying to answer the ones she proposed. The majority of them were quite deep and hard to answer but made me think about us, as humans, and our role in Earth.
I felt like I was friends with Leah. I could feel her anxiety and worry, I could relate to her thoughts and I wish I have had a Maia when I was younger for support.
I loved Leah's relationship with nature. The care, the love, the respect, the understanding. It is a great lesson for every reader.
Without a shadow of a doubt, 5⭐. HOME is a book worth reading.