![]() When the map was proven to be a fake over a decade ago, superstar father turned bitter crank and abuses his family 24/7. Her father’s a has-been cartographer who bet his entire career on a convincing map that claims America to be a Chinese discovery long enough before Columbus. Overachieving, artistically-gifted Terra is near perfect in every way, except for a large port-wine stain across her otherwise lovely face. But true to my daughter’s assessment, by the final page, I was so glad to have stuck it out, because, truly it was worth the ride, tears and all.Īdmittedly, the first half has just too much whining for old adult me. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have to confess that had my teenaged daughter not handed me the book and said, “it’s great, I loved it,” I probably wouldn’t have finished this latest title from Justina Chen Headley whose debut, Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies), remains one of both my daughter’s and my most oft-recommended books that we still chuckle over when we just name its title. ![]()
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