Sugaring Off

De: Gillian French

Narrado por: Caitlin Davies

Duración: 8 h y 44 m

Resumen del Editor

A dazzling and evocative novel about love and loss—with a dash of thrilling mystery—for fans of Mindy McGinnis and Courtney Summers.

Left partially deaf by an early childhood tragedy that ended in her father’s incarceration, seventeen-year-old Owl is now a tracker, an explorer, a wildlife enthusiast, and always her freest self while hiking the steep forested acres surrounding her aunt and uncle’s maple sugar farm, now her home. Owl and her aunt and uncle never speak of the brutal attack that brought her to them. On the day she confronts a stranger trespassing among the maples, Owl’s sheltered existence is blown wide open by Cody—the magnetic, dangerous young man hired to help with the sugaring off. Cody seems to see her, the real her, in a way no one else does. Together, they challenge each other, learn to question their preconceptions, and risk a romance their families are desperate to stop.

But when Owl learns that some part of Cody is compelled toward self-destruction, she must make a difficult decision about their relationship at the same time she’s grappling with her father’s recent release from prison. And when a seemingly motiveless local murder draws attention to Cody, Owl realizes that Cody is in far more serious trouble than anyone knows—and it’s followed him to her mountain.

©2022 Gillian French (P)2022 Algonquin Young Readers

Response to adversity-- a coming of age story

A profound tale of survival thatbshow cases the aftermath of trauma and the resilience of human existence.
Owl (Rochelle) is a teenager coming into her own identity in the mapel Forrest where she has been raised by her uncle (a wounded veteran of Iraq) and aunt after her father's beating nearly killed her. She is hard if hearing because of that beating. She eventually develops a relationship with Cody, who is working for her Uncle and also trying to escape a bad former life because of a drug-addicted mother.

Owl's story and the story of Owl's community highlights the many ways people respond to the hardest parts of life. The story emphasizes community, friendship, love, and family.

As a particular note, Owl is hard if hearing. This story does not centralize deafness, but deafness is a critical piece of her life and experience. The integration of deafness is accurate, with the exception of how accurate her speech reading is.

TW: abuse, violence, gun violence, drug dealer

Read as book with audiobook

Solid read

This was a good book that kept me entertained throughout. A bit of a slow starter, but interesting and engaging overall.