Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Carry Me Home
Janet S. Fox · 2021
85/100
👍 Worth It
Carry Me Home handles childhood homelessness with honesty and compassion — it never exploits the hardship and the paper-crane motif gives the story a thread of beauty that earns its hopeful ending. The award recognition (Willa Literary Award finalist, Sunshine State list, Bank Street Best Books) reflects genuine cross-sector endorsement, and this is exactly the kind of book that helps kids who are struggling feel seen and kids who are not develop real empathy.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance86
craft85
originality80
accuracy88
hype82
age-fit88
human-eye86
Penny’s verdict85
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