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Book Review of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
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Helpful Score: 2


This book opens with a doozy of a line and I was hooked from that moment forward. I didnt want to set this one down, I just couldnt wait to get back into it and see what was going to happen next to Swan and her brothers that is one crazy set of kids!

The story starts out simple enough, with the Lake family heading back to Arkansas from Louisiana for a family reunion. An unfortunate turn of events turns the reunion into quite the tragedy, and sets the tone for a strange and revealing summer, full of learning and tragedy. I loved this book, but it was rather heartbreaking and I found myself alternating between laughter and tears at various points in the book.

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