Becoming Kid Quixote: A True Story of Belonging in America by Sarah Sierra, Stephen Haff
Published by HarperCollins on April 21, 2020
ISBN: 006294326X
Pages: 224
Genres: Biography/Autobiography
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This book follows the life of Sarah Sierra, a middle schooler from Brooklyn as she participates in a drama production called The Traveling Serialized Adventures of Kid Quixote. The title of this book is a bit misleading. I didn’t find this to be about belonging in America at all, rather it’s a chronicle of the author’s experiences with the drama production. It does touch on some aspects of immigrant life, but that isn’t really the focus of the book. This book is written by an 11-yr old, and it is obvious. There are plenty of memoir/biographies written by young kids that are better edited and more interesting reads. It reads mostly like a young person’s blog/diary, and I just didn’t find it particularly engaging. The writing is pretty simple, so it would be fine for readers 3rd grade and up.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME