Ellie Pillai is Brown

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Ash lernt man kaum tiefer kennen und Ellie ist zwar teilweise ganz nett, manchmal aber auch etwas impulsiv und leicht unsympathisch. Insgesamt also ein nettes Buch, das man einfach mal lesen kann, aber es muss auch nicht unbedingt sein.

It’s why so few people, other than Jess, know about her playlists, her humour, her creativity, and then the backing singers she imagines in so many different situations. Ellie Pillai shows the reality of being a brown girl in a small white town wonderfully, her quirky personality, love of old music and Sri Lankan background not fitting in well with her peers.I never considered DNFing though, and I'm really looking forward to the sequel that's released next month!

My rating might change to a 2 star because honestly, I didn't really enjoy this as much as I wanted to but there are some things I appreciated. Love the characters dynamic although mostly were freaking overly dramatic and Ellie did frustrate me somehow when she goes judging her opinion and not trusting her friends when they said she was good (don't go being too toxic to yourself, kiddo). I won a giveaway copy of this ages ago and I knew I’d enjoy it, so I have no idea what took me so long, but I know myself well (at least in terms of books!Der Schreibstil erzählt aus Ellies Sicht und das sehr leicht und flüssig, zudem sind die Kapitel meist angenehm kurz.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. However, it is through the challenges of teenage life that Ellie begins to find herself, making this an extremely relatable book for upper school students. I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!The development filled with Ellie's school life and her interactions with both of her good friends, Hayley and Jess. Warm, funny and hopeful, this story is about a girl struggling to like herself and growing to learn that she is enough. Candy Gourlay introduces Wild Song, her companion novel to Bone Talk, in which Luki and Samkad leave their home in the Philippines for America. My main critique was quite how much was packed in, including themes of dishonesty, low self esteem, grief, sexual assault, alcohol abuse, LGBTQ+ characters, post-child loss pregnancy, teacher crushes (!