Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Faceless
Kathryn Lasky · 2021
74/100
👍 Worth It
Kathryn Lasky builds a genuinely gripping WWII spy premise around a girl protagonist whose invisible face is her greatest weapon, and the historical research gives the tension real weight. A few body-shaming moments and dense vocabulary are real flaws, but Kirkus and Booklist both found this a compelling page-turner for young history buffs.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: body-shaming language noted by reviewers. We still scored it 74; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety80
substance74
craft70
originality76
accuracy78
hype65
age-fit68
human-eye75
Penny’s verdict74
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