KnitAFett reviewed When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
This one took me by surprise.
4 stars
Adele has held one of the coveted popular rich school spots in her school circle. Until she is suddenly kicked out and replaced with someone else. She winds up bunking with one of the poor girls in a creepy dorm that has been reported to be haunted.
She has a hard time adjusting to her lower status and focuses on how to get it back over adjusting to her new roommate. This was a girl that Adele would have bullied and talked bad about with her old group. And her mom has always been telling her that she should be nice to the poor girls, but she never explains why.
This is a lovely book about someone being thrown from grace and coming to terms with how nasty of a person you have to be to keep that status. Adele grows a lot and for being a YA book, there's …
Adele has held one of the coveted popular rich school spots in her school circle. Until she is suddenly kicked out and replaced with someone else. She winds up bunking with one of the poor girls in a creepy dorm that has been reported to be haunted.
She has a hard time adjusting to her lower status and focuses on how to get it back over adjusting to her new roommate. This was a girl that Adele would have bullied and talked bad about with her old group. And her mom has always been telling her that she should be nice to the poor girls, but she never explains why.
This is a lovely book about someone being thrown from grace and coming to terms with how nasty of a person you have to be to keep that status. Adele grows a lot and for being a YA book, there's some decently heavy topics that are covered.