*****9 & 1/2 stars*****
~No dedication, foreword, or epigraph…and I can’t reveal the final acknowledgment at the back of the book, of course, because you should experience it as the authors intended.~
When our principal offered three hours of Alternative Staff Development to any staff member who would read this book, it certainly got the librarian’s attention…and oh, what a book. I simply could NOT put it down!
When I wrote to everyone in my family telling them to read Same Kind of Different as Me without delay, my brother surprised me with the fact that he and Amanda Faye had attended a lecture given by the authors!! (Their church in
The book is terrific…and eye-opening…and sad…and joyous…and inspiring. My principal is a smart woman and having her staff read Same Kind of Different as Me is an innovative way to have us look at the issues of poverty and homelessness and education and equality with new eyes.
(Warning: Although this book is not a sentimental “weeper,” there was one part that made me cry with abandon. It was a good thing I was in bed because the extra sheet hanging off the side of the bed soaked up the tears the tissue didn’t catch.)
(Oh, and the part where something totally creepy and strange and unexplained happened to the authors while they were in
Happy Bloomsday to all you James Joyce fans out there!
UPDATE: This fall, Abilene Christian University (my alma mater--Go, Wildcats!) will be giving this book to every incoming freshman! Then, on September 9th, Ron Hall & Denver Moore will speak on campus in a FREE event and book signing at Moody Coliseum. You can bet some of the Madison folks will be there, including this Bison...
