Our Missing Hearts by Celeste NgMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Twelve-year old Bird/Noah travels from Cambridge to New York City to find answers to why his mother left him and his father three years ago and cut off all communication. We follow Bird on his journey as he gradually gets the answers he is seeking, along with discovering realities about the world he lives in.
This is a very unsettling dystopic book, all of which could very easily happen in our country today. The government is very controlling and it views Asian Americans as the cause of the economic downturn, the protests and the extensive violence happening nationwide. I absolutely love the fact that the public librarians are represented as the heroes -- passing along forbidden information, helping Bird find the books and information that he needs, and hiding banned books. The chapter on his first visit to his local library (at age 12!) is incredible.
A surprising thing about the book is that there are no quotation marks to indicate dialog. However, it is fairly easy to determine who is speaking.
I would highly recommend this incredible book, along with the other two books written by this author. Looking forward to more by this wonderful author!
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