Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
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Polly Farquhar · 2020
76/100
👍 Worth It
Polly Farquhar's ownvoices portrayal of idiopathic angioedema is quietly courageous — she treats a rare, poorly understood condition as one of life's layered complications rather than the whole story, which is exactly right. The lyrical, pensive tone won't hook every middle-grade reader, but for kids navigating chronic illness or the particular loneliness of being new, this one will land with real force.
✦ 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
safety90
substance78
craft82
originality80
accuracy85
hype72
age-fit74
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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