Beholding Bee

I noticed that this book has a solid "4" as its rating by GoodReads readers, but I have to tell you, I LOVED this book. This book is gritty tale about a story of survival under some very adverse situations. I love the main character, Bee, a young girl. I love that all the women in this story needed......more

There were so many high points in this book, that I don't even know where to start. I guess we have to begin with Bee's Diamond. How flawless was it of Fusco to call Bee's birthmark her Diamond? Completely. A diamond is something precious, rare, and valuable. I love that her birthmark was compared t......more

So, this one...really surprised me. I wasn't enjoying it much at all at first. I found Bee's way of constantly referring to her birthmark as "my diamond" off-putting, and there's a weird lack of contractions here (I think I noticed maybe two in the entire book), that made everyone's speech feel slig......more

Twelve-year-old Bee has a birthmark on her face that cause people to stare and tease her. She lives with Pauline, a young woman who cares for her after Bee's parents are killed in a car crash. They work at at a traveling circus under an abusive boss. When Pauline is forced to leave the circus by the......more

I liked this well enough, or rather, I liked Bee. I loved the settings, the time period, and many of the characters. The problem I'm having here is that there is WAY too much going on and nothing gets explored. We have two kids (basically) raising themselves in a carnival during the second world war......more