An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
By the Great Horn Spoon!
The nine-year-old liked this one when she read it for school. A friend who is a children's librarian told me it's boring. I agree with the librarian.
I tried this one earlier in the year and gave up after about seven pages. I managed it this time by skimming every time I thought about quitting. I can kind of see the appeal for a kid, but as an adult I just don't get it. I'm also not a fan of the representation of Chinese, Native American and Polynesian people in the book. On one hand, I'm glad they were included but on the other hand no to stereotypical representation. It's nothing unexpected from a book written in the 1960s, but disappointing all the same.
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2016
