Books by Skila Brown and Complete Book Reviews
Skila Brown. Candlewick, $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6516-6
Writing in verse, Brown debuts with a tense coming-of-age story set amid the Guatemalan Civil War. Opening in 1981, it follows a timid boy named Carlos as he wrestles with what it means to be a man after his fictional village, Chopán, is visited by...
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Skila Brown. Candlewick, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7811-1
Writing in verse from the fictionalized perspective of Donner Party survivor Mary Ann Graves, Brown (Caminar) chronicles the group’s ill-fated 1,900-mile westward journey to California that began in 1846. Bright-eyed innocence is quickly tempered by
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Skila Brown, illus. by Bob Kolar. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6543-2
Brown (Caminar) presents 14 types of sharks—wobbegongs, makos, and hammerheads, among them—in a series of well-crafted poems that range from playful to ominous. Several concrete poems are in the mix: a line describing the “two long whiskers—like a...
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