Comment on 2023 Newbery Winner: Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson by Meredith

I loved Freewater very much and learned a great deal from the book. it is one of those adventure stories that might whet a child’s appetite to do further research. The multiple perspectives were very good, too. i loved Nora. She was a nice character to leaven the other white individuals in the story. The characterization was good overall. This book is one of the better Newbery choices in some time, and I was pleasantly surprised.