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Summary: the darkest child
Review: this book was rich with southern flavor and I can not wait to see the movie.......
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Summary: Book of Emotions
Review: This book will definitely make you cry, laugh, and hate all at the same time. Delores Phillips' stunning debut is truly reminiscent of 'The Color Purple' and shows how education is taken for granted today.
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Summary: Children
Review: This is a very good book. The scenes are so vivid. One minute I laughed and the next shook my head because of the sadness. This should be on your must read list.
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Summary: Can't Put It Down "GOOD"
Review: This is the best book I've read in a long time.
All I can say is "UNBELIEVEABLE GOOD"
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Summary: Passionate and Purposeful
Review: This story of a very determined, passionate young girl who overcomes many obstacles, the main one being her mother, is very inspiring. I feel it should be required reading (especially for girls of any race) in every junior high and high school in America. I hope Ms. Phillips will continue to write.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: What a great book. The book held my interest from the time I picked up. The story line flowed and one chapter was better than the last. I commend Ms. Phillips on her debut novel and anxiously await her next
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Summary: WORTH EVERY PENNY
Review: When I read the reviews for this book I thought they were being over dramatic. but OH MY GOD, the book was so good. It was real and it reminded me of what it was like for blacks not to long ago. There are a lot of positive and real lessons that I learned from here. I am not one to read a book fast unless it has relationship problems, but this one sucks you in there lives and experience the trials of a black girl born to a family of hate during a time of racial unrest. It is worth reading believe me.
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Summary: The Brightest Child
Review: With a title like "THE DARKEST CHILD", one might venture to assume that the narrator in such a book would obsess over her skin tone. This is not the case with Tangy Mae Quinn. True, she is Rozelle Quinn's most deeply hued child, but Tangy Mae doesn't dwell on that fact, and this isn't just another book about the darker children being treated unfairly. In Rozelle's household, all of the children are mistreated, regardless of their color.It would be simple to say that THE DARKEST CHILD is a coming of age story, but I saw it as much more than that. This is a book that reaches in and pulls you out of your comfort zone. You are forced to deal with atrocities and injustices committed against innocents. You are destined to become angry with a mother who imposes cruel and torturous living conditions on the fruit of her womb. You are forced to take a look at why people behave the way they do instead of writing them off as evil. In a word, you are made to think. I saw Phillips' writing as a personal conversation with Tangy Mae herself. I was never distracted by the writing, one of the most important ingredients in a well-written novel presented in the first person. I was shocked by this book, I wept for the characters, and I felt much of the same emotion as if Tangy Mae were sitting in my presence telling her story. The title is actually a work of irony because Tangy Mae was, in fact, one of the brightest children I have known. In essence, she made lemonade out of the lemons life gave her. This is a dynamic, thoughtful, and poignant novel that I am very glad I read. Reviewed by CandaceK
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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Summary: Words Cannot Express
Review: Wow. I was assigned to read this book as part of a course requirement and am truly happy that I did. Wow. Wow. Wow. I secured my copy of the book late into the course, and wondered why it seemed to provoke such intense emotions from my classmates who had gotten it on time. I finally bought it last week and devoured it over the course of a few nights. This book is stunning, I feel honored to be among the first people to experience the debut of such raw talent, Delores Phillips is absolutely gifted. I'm not even going to go too much into the plot, many people have already done a good job with that, but briefly, it's a really fast read. No lengthy or boring descriptions of the setting, the course of events just happen naturally. Also, I expected it to be preachy but it wasn't, which goes to show that you can't judge a book by its cover, or by your prejudices. In short: please just buy the book. Read it. Check it out from the library or something if you have to, but just read it. There is no way you can leave this book untouched or unchanged in some way.
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