![]() ![]() Most characters, including Aven, appear white Zion and Lando are black. A subplot exploring Aven’s curiosity about her biological father resolves with a touching twist. A few preachy epiphanies notwithstanding, Aven’s honest, witty voice shines-whether out-of-reach vending-machine snacks are “taunting” her or she’s nursing heartaches. Aven’s “armless-girl problems” realistically grow thornier in this outing, touching on such tough topics as death and aging, but warm, quirky secondary characters lend support. ![]() And is Lando, her friend Zion’s popular older brother, being sweet to Aven out of pity-or something more? Bowling keenly depicts the universal awkwardness of adolescence and the particular self-consciousness of navigating a disability. Her friend Connor’s moved away and made a new friend who, like him, has Tourette’s syndrome: a girl. ![]() Aven resolves to be “blasé” and field her classmates’ pranks with aplomb, but a humiliating betrayal shakes her self-confidence. She’s entering high school, which means that 2,300 new kids will stare at her missing arms-and her feet, which do almost everything hands can (except, alas, air quotes). In the sequel to Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (2017), Aven Green confronts her biggest challenge yet: surviving high school without arms.įourteen-year-old Aven has just settled into life at Stagecoach Pass with her adoptive parents when everything changes again. ![]()
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