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Junauda Petrus: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them (Hardcover, 2019, Dutton Books, Dutton Books for Young Readers)

Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus’s bold and lyrical debut is the …

Review of 'The Stars and the Blackness Between Them' on 'Goodreads'

It feels impertinent to try and capture the contemporary power, love, creativity, and reality of this book with my late-20thC idiom.

I recommend it unreservedly.


At the same time, in places i found Audre's narrative voice inconsistent -- her Trini dialect seemed to fall away sometimes, which was distracting. That, however, is my only critique.