Stronger Than You Know
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Stronger Than You Know is a
The story
When the story begins, Joy has been taken away from her
Joy is able to heal though the connections she makes with others. Her aunt and uncle, for example, are patient and kind.[6] Her aunt, Nicole, and her uncle, Rob, have twins named Tara and Trent.[5] Even though her new family is so kind to her, at first Joy is not sure how to trust them until Rob shares his own pain about his sister who committed suicide.[5] Joy is also helped through her experience with therapy.[5]
Stronger Than You Know is told in the first person, with Joy as the narrator. Library Media Connection wrote that her "internal dialog and self-doubt ring true."[6] Joy's past is told through flashbacks, where she was basically a prisoner confined to her mother's trailer.[7]
Reception
The Deseret News wrote that Stronger Than You Know handled the abuse that Joy faced "accurately and deftly."[2] Booklist called the novel a "moving survival story."[4] School Library Journal added that Joy's "phobias and difficulties are depicted with honesty and sympathy."[7]
Kirkus Reviews felt that the characters in the story were complex.[3] They described Joy as "suitably self-effacing without being ostentatious."[3] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books says that Perry creates a "rare" portrait of the "way compassionate, functional families work and the good effects they can produce."[5]
References
- ^ Maughan, Shannon (22 February 2014). "Fall 2014 Children's Sneak Previews". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ a b Jessen, Wendy (15 March 2015). "Book review: Novel 'Stronger Than You Know' Gives Hope After Abuse". Deseret News. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Stronger Than You Know". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b Miller, Annie (October 2014). "Stronger Than You Know". Booklist. 111 (3): 80. Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via EBSCO.
- ^ . Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ a b Ortiz, Cynthia (March 2015). "Stronger Than You Know". Library Media Connection. 33 (5): 73. Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via EBSCO.
- ^ a b Wilsman, Sarah (September 2014). "Stronger Than You Know". School Library Journal. 60 (9): 150. Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via EBSCO.