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Starred Review on March 28, 2025 | Nonfiction Middle To High School
Gr 5 Up—Robinson turns the lens on himself in this moving memoir of his life with a visual anomaly called strabismus. The book is an outgrowth of a short film that Robinson made after studying at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, which was picked up and presented by the Opinion desk of the New York Times in 2021. After years of living with the condition and trying to explain it or help others see past it, Robinson settles on the term "whale eyes" to describe the misalignment of his eyes: "We love looking at whales. And yet none of us have ever questioned the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More