New books for bigger kids
I've been reading a lot of picture books lately so it felt good to read some books that are definitely meant for bigger kids from Netgalley. Bigger themes, bigger ideas, I do love picture books, but it's good to read lots of different things, right? The first one is a dystopian future novel called "The List" by Patricia Forde. It has a completely horrifying premise-in the future, a group of people survive an apocalyptic event and the leader decides the big thing that needs to change is language. People use words carelessly or ineffectively and so the words must be eliminated. The wordsmith, Benjamin has an apprentice, a girl named Letta who helps him craft the lists of words that people ARE allowed to use. But one day Benjamin goes out on a word finding mission and doesn't come back. Letta is frightened by his disappearance, but more alarmed by a handsome young man who turns up on her doorstep. The young man is clearly fleeing from the local m...