Candy Bunny Reader

This is the prequel to A Kind of Spark , which I read and reviewed earlier this year! You can read the review here . A Glimmer of Change by Elle McNicoll follows Keedie, who is the older sister of Addie from the first book A Kind of Spark . This story takes place during Keedie's middle school (or secondary school as they call it in Britain) days, and Addie is 6 years old here. Keedie, like Addie, is autistic, and has a history of getting bullied and no one standing up for her. After she defends her best friend Bonnie (who is also autistic) and gets in trouble for it, Keedie decides to start a little business of her own where she defends her classmates who are victims of bullying. She ends up helping a lot of people, but the school (well, mostly the principal/headmaster) doesn't like what she is doing because they claim they already have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to bullying. Keedie thinks that claim is very flimsy, especially when they reward the top bullies (who ha...

  I had a great reading month! I read a total of 11 books and DNF 6 . Links to reviews if applicable. 5 stars: 1. The Awakening of Roku by Randy Ribay 2. A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll 3. Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi 4. Somali and the Forest Spirit Volume 4 by Yako Gureishi 5. She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat Volume 3 by Sakaomi Yuzaki 6. Nicola Traveling Around the Demon's World Volumes 1-4 by Asaya Miyanagi (I reviewed the first two volumes)   The 4.5 star book: One Piece Heroines Volume 2 by several authors (original creator Eichiro Oda)   The 4 star book:  In Over Their Heads by Margaret Peterson Haddix    Books I DNF because I thought they were bad:  1. Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree 2. Sorceline by Sylvia Douye 3. Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley.     Books I DNF because I thought they were boring: 1. The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan 2. The Queer Girl is Going to by Okay by Dale Walls ...

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicholl is a middle grade book about Addie, who is autistic. At school, she learns about how historically, in her small town in Scotland, they used to execute women they considered witches. They weren't actually witches--they were women who were "different". Probably autistic like Addie! She and her new friend Audrey (and with some help from Addie's older sister, Keedie, who is also autistic) all try to raise money to implement a memorial to the victims, but it isn't easy. Addie also has to deal with a bully teacher, a bully in her class named Emily (who is now friends with her ex-friend Jenna) and her other sister Nina, who actually has a good heart but frequently misunderstands Addie and Keedie.  It's a very short and simple story, but it had so many moments that made me emotional! If you didn't already know, I am autistic, too. Addie was so relatable. Overall, reading this was very cathartic to me.  I gave it 5 stars . I want ...