![]() ![]() Her on the ground holding up the wrapper, However, Anke joins the volleyball team and it utterly transforms her, as sports often do (and other activities like music, drama, debate team, whatever). ![]() I do think this was a barrier to my getting into the story initially, because she lacks some maturity, particularly in how she deals with friends at school. Anke, however, is simply ignored.Īnke is a younger narrator than I usually prefer-she’s 14 and a high school freshman. However, in Because I am Furniture, the verse form allows the reader to experience the house of horrors in which Anke, the main character, lives.įourteen year-old Anke’s siblings are terrorized by their abusive father while her mother passively watches, seemingly accepting the violence and sexual abuse of her children. ![]() There are a lot of yougn adult novels about family violence, and many of them are excellent. Thalia Chaltas’ Because I am Furniture exemplifies the unique power of novels in verse. ![]()
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