{"id":45060,"date":"2019-02-13T11:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45060"},"modified":"2019-02-13T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:05:44","slug":"sadie-by-courtney-summers-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/sadie-by-courtney-summers-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadie by Courtney Summers [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt begins, as so many stories do, with a dead girl\u201d promises a new serialized podcast, created and hosted by New York journalist West McCray. Pursuing the discovery of a 13-year-old\u2019s corpse, McCray produces the eight-part \u201cThe Girls,\u201d \u201cabout family, about sisters, and the untold lives lived in small-town America.\u201d Interspersed with his interviews, conjectures, and discoveries\u00a0is the story of Sadie, the 19-year-old sister of dead-girl Mattie, who\u2019s going after Mattie\u2019s killer alone.<\/p>\n

Abandoned by their alcoholic mother, Claire, Sadie and Mattie grew up with surrogate grandmother May Beth Foster. Because Claire couldn\u2019t\/wouldn\u2019t, Sadie cared for Mattie with unwavering vigilance \u2013 until the one moment she failed. Self-wielding justice is her only goal.<\/p>\n

A stupendous full cast\u00a0amplifies Canadian Courtney Summers<\/a>\u2019 already astounding novel. Especially affecting is the podcast series intertwined with the narrative, complete with \u201cbrought to you by Macmillan Publishers\u201d at each episode\u2019s end. Presented as fiction, it\u2019s all too real in depicting the brutal fate of girls (and women) at the whims of not only predatory men\u00a0but also sensationalizing media.<\/p>\n

Three narrators are individually recognized as the book begins \u2013 Rebecca Soler, who gives Sadie gritty resolve; Dan Bittner, who battles between determination and heartbreak as West; and\u00a0Gabra Zackman, who channels both frustration and hope as May Beth \u2013 before \u201cand a full cast\u201d cuts off further identification. Beyond names, the ensemble proves utterly spectacular.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Media,” Booklist<\/em>, February 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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