Published : 2021 || Format : print || Location : Colombia ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ What was it about the country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring alone there were four different school shootings. A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.. Thoughts : Infinite Country follows two characters - young Talia, who at the beginning of this book, escapes a girl’s reform school in North Colombia so that she can make her previously booked flight to the US. Before she can do that, she needs to travel many miles to reach her father and get her ticket to the rest of her family. As we follow Talia’s treacherous journey south, we learn about how she ended up in the reform school in the first place and why half her family resides in the US. Infinite Country tells the story of her family through the other protagonist, El
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
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Technically, I have completed this book, but since my review won't be up till tomorrow, I decided to share a nice quote from this book. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to read what I thought of Fireworks over Toccoa.
Lily had never seen anything like this. It was beautiful and powerful and magical. She was so fascinated, so taken by what she saw, that she didn't hear the voice that was calling out to her: "Look out! Get away from there!"~ Pg. 68, Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff.
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My teaser this week is from a great creative non-fiction collection--you can read it at bookwanderer.
Here is mine:)
If you'd like, you can check out mine here.
Have a good week and happy reading. My teaser is here