Book Review(short): I Can Make This Promise

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 In my book club, a book called I Can Make This Promise was assigned to us. I read it, and to be honest, it was amazing! Although I hadn't expected that amazing story, it was amazing! So I thought I  could write a book review of the book. 

               Book review

Edie’s idyllic life in a Seattle neighbourhood is upended when she realises her parents have been telling lies. Biracial 12-year-old Edie has always known her mother was Native American but adopted into a white family. Due to this, her mother has claimed to be ignorant about her birth family and tribe. (Edie’s father is white.) While the unclear history of Edie’s family history makes her uncomfortable, she accepts the story until the day she searches the attic while working on a film project with her two best friends. They discover a box there with photos of a woman who looks exactly like Edie. Opening letters in the box, the friends realise the woman shares Edie’s name. Even as preteen tensions begin to pull her friend group apart, young Edie struggles as she seeks to discover the truth about her past without asking her parents directly. Preteen anxiety gives way to daunting maturity as she learns about the misrepresentation of Native Americans in film, the activism of the American Indian Movement, and the reason her parents decided to keep her family connections a secret for so long. The novel is enlightening and a must-read for anyone interested in issues surrounding identity and adoption.

Characters:

Edith: Edith is the main character of the story and is my favourite. She is a curious girl who wants to know about her heritage and name. 

Grandma Edith: She's an actress and the small Edith is named after her, She wanted to act but the movie she was going to act was negatively showing Native Americans, so she left the movie. 

Bruno: a little dog Edith had in her short movie. 

Serenity: She's Edith's friend who tells her that she should tell her parents about the box, and she's my second favourite character. 

Amelia: she's the one who tells Edith that they shouldn't tell her parents about the box, and she's the one who was being friends with Libby, Edith's enemy. And then she had a break-up with Edith, she's my most hated character. 

It is a great book, everybody should read it. 

Well, the book's great. And it's one of my favourite books. 

Rating from me: 10/10.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated (and questions too). 

Salam. 

Your loving explorer, 

Sidra khan

⭐⭐


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