![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I was reading this at 10 or 11 or 12, I never wondered about Vinny's age-the things that she did that were extremely adult, like breaking down her feelings about her divorced parents so matter-of-factly, or standing up to Joe Hamiska, felt natural. On this read of the book I was much more interested in how old Vinny is supposed to be, which is the sign of a well-written YA novel. And, of course, the narratives end up colliding with the discovery of a bone from a dry sea. I love both stories: the Li narrative is imaginative and strange, and the Vinny narrative paints an interesting picture of paleontological life. The other half follows Li, an ancient hominid who begins to expand the boundaries of her tribe's knowledge. ![]() Half of the book follows Vinny, the daugher of a modern-day paleontologist (well, taphonomist) who visits the dig site that he's working on in Africa. It's an odd little novel that imagines our distant ancestors as sea apes. I immediately thought about this book when I started reading Sapiens, about the history of our species. ![]()
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