Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Feeling from over Here
Gabrielle Tozer · 2017
63/100
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A short story from a HarperCollins Australia YA anthology that uses a clever time-stamped, dual-perspective structure to explore bullying and emotional hurt — the craft is genuinely praised by those who've read it. The problem is that it's miscategorized as Children's when it's firmly YA (ages fourteen and up), and as an anthology piece it has almost no standalone critical footprint. It may be a fine story, but there's not enough to go on here for a confident recommendation.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety79
Substance / usefulness64
Craft & writing72
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit70
👁 Human-eye gut-check64
Penny’s verdict63
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