And the answer to that is a thudding “No.”įor my credentials, I do not suffer from SCID, like the book’s protagonist Maddy does. I’m reviewing it from a lens of whether it was a positive, realistic portrayal of disability. While books portraying the struggles of biracial characters are important, sometimes it’s nice to read about a character whose heritage isn’t glossed over, but is also not the main focus of the narrative.īut I’m not reviewing the book from the lens of whether the book was an enjoyable read or the characters were likable or even whether it was a positive portrayal of a biracial protagonist.
It portrayed a biracial heroine whose race is incidental-her parents were just nice people who met, fell in love, married, and had children, though her father and brother were tragically killed when she was just a baby. It portrayed likable people being likable among nice illustrations and some clever framing devices like school assignments on kissing.
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