Red, White, and WHOLE

I am pretty sure* the last two Newberys I read that were written in verse were first person accounts of immigrants trying to navigate a new life in the United States (Other Words for Home and Inside Out & Back Again), so it felt comfortable and familiar to discover that this semi-autobiographical story of a second-generation American Indian girl was also written in verse! Reha's parents are from India, but she is born and grows up in the Midwest. Her story is poignant, well-written and TRAGIC. But, unfortunately, I've already started mixing it up with the other two free-verse immigrant Newberys.

*I just looked through the last decade of Newberys after making that claim and I stand corrected: Brown Girl Dreaming and The Crossover were also written in free verse and I've read those since Inside Out & Back Again.