The Subway Girls

Analysis:  The book alternates chapters between past and present.  The present focuses on an advertising campaign that draws attention to the past and this contest, and the chapters in the past focus on the challenges that the girls went through, both in the contest itself and in society.

Reaction: I do not have enough good things to say about this book.  It's engaging from beginning to end.  The alternating chapters didn't bother me because both stories were equally interesting.  Usually one story is more interesting than the other and you can't wait to get back to it, but that wasn't the case here.  The Ark carried two of everything, so this book in two words: Adversity & Barriers

Courtesies:  Thank you to the author, Susie Orman Schnall, and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, for allowing me the pleasure of reading this fabulous book.  It's an honor to promote it.

Sets Sail:  July 10, 2018