โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ.โโฃ
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This quote from The Fountains of Silence resonated so much with me on a personal level. โฃThis was my first historical fiction novel in a while. It reminded me why I love the genre. I knew nothing about the long dictatorship of General Francisco Franco in Spain prior to this book. I knew nothing of what the people of Spain lived through during his rule. Reading The Fountains of Silence and learning about this time and place in history filled me with anger and it broke my heart. However, this novel wasnโt just a history lesson (though the research was tremendous), it was a story of choices, of love, of perseverance, and of bravery. โฃ
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Donโt let the fact that this book is classified as YA scare you off if YA isnโt your usual go-to. This is a book for everyone. Like in her other books Ruta keeps the chapters short, telling the story from alternating character vantage points. It keeps the story moving and keeps you turning those pages! โฃ
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If you havenโt read any Ruta Sepetys yet, you absolutely must. Salt to the Sea is a favorite of mine. Between Shades of Gray was heartbreaking and beautiful. And now The Fountains of Silence is just as good. โฃ
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Trigger warnings: loss of a child/infant
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This quote from The Fountains of Silence resonated so much with me on a personal level. โฃThis was my first historical fiction novel in a while. It reminded me why I love the genre. I knew nothing about the long dictatorship of General Francisco Franco in Spain prior to this book. I knew nothing of what the people of Spain lived through during his rule. Reading The Fountains of Silence and learning about this time and place in history filled me with anger and it broke my heart. However, this novel wasnโt just a history lesson (though the research was tremendous), it was a story of choices, of love, of perseverance, and of bravery. โฃ
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Donโt let the fact that this book is classified as YA scare you off if YA isnโt your usual go-to. This is a book for everyone. Like in her other books Ruta keeps the chapters short, telling the story from alternating character vantage points. It keeps the story moving and keeps you turning those pages! โฃ
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If you havenโt read any Ruta Sepetys yet, you absolutely must. Salt to the Sea is a favorite of mine. Between Shades of Gray was heartbreaking and beautiful. And now The Fountains of Silence is just as good. โฃ
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Trigger warnings: loss of a child/infant