by Celeste Ng
Published by Penguin Group Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction
Format: Audiobook
Published by Penguin Group Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction
Format: Audiobook
Our Missing Hearts is a thought provoking book that looks at injustice, community, power, what we are willing to do for our children, using whatever means we can to share our thoughts, relationships, censorship, racism, and survival. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives with his father who shelves books in a university library. His mother, Chinese American poet, left when he was nine-years old. He knows not to talk about her, to ask about her or to seek out her work. Bird lives in a time where there are laws to protect the “American culture”. It is a time where children can be removed from their homes and libraries have removed certain unpatriotic books (including his mother’s) from their shelves. One day he receives a letter with a drawing and seeks out his mother. His journey will not only let him see a classmate who was taken but will see him examining his feelings and his thoughts toward his mother. This book dealt with a lot of issues and did feel heavy at times. I found it to be well written and thought provoking. I sought out a video on YouTube where the author spoke and answered questions about this book. |
