Julia and the Shark

Julia and the Shark

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a speck, a spot, a mote, a dying star in an unending sky… Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer – her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother’s obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope… A beautiful, lyrical, uplifting story about a mother, a daughter, and love – with timely themes of the importance of science and the environment.


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  • Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt Moderate: Racism, Fatphobia, Abandonment, and Bullying
    Representations: https://trello.com/c/gWotSq8Q/110-julia-and-the-shark-by-kiran-millwood-hargrave Absolutely outstanding. From the writing to the way the book is formatted. Absolutely top-tier. I really can't say too much about this book as it's very simple (but that's not a negative!) and so I can't say much without spoiling. The characters felt great, the writing was absolutely top-tier and got me quickly in its hooks. The story, while simple, really stuck to it's message well and delivered it perfectly. The sensitive topics where handled with a lot of tact and grace in my opinion, and the message at the end was very positive and important. I also have to mention how completely unique the format of this book is. That's what caught my eye in the library, the semi-transparent pages with the images incorporated with the text itself. Absolutely divine and insanely well executed!! Delightfully beautiful artwork and overall, even if you have no interest in the story itself, please read this just for this formatting alone. Please don't read the ebook though if it has one, I really don't see how that'd work! I read the hardback edition and that was perfect. Even seeing pictures of the more unique pages really doesn't do the book justice - it's just insane how fantastic it is!

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