· Drake’s novel is about Vaela, a cartographer’s apprentice from a wealthy family. On her 16th birthday, she is given a ticket to go on tour with her family to a place called the Continent Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. · When Keira Drake’s debut young-adult fantasy novel, The Continent, was criticized for racism prior to its publication, she attempted something radical — Author: Lila Shapiro. Ebook Online: The Continent by Keira Drake. eBook PDF ['f.r.e.e'] Forget You, Ethan by Whitney G. Ebook: The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin. Ebook_Online Legendary by Stephanie Garber. eBooks: Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu. Epub ['f.r.e.e'] A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir.
The Controversy Surrounding The Continent by Keira Drake pm 7 November I still have a couple of real *top shelf* titles atop my TBR pile I need to get to- been busy and all- and wasn't looking for more. Author: Keira Drake Published: Ma Pages. Reviewed By: Kim Kim's Rating: 3 stars Book Description: For her sixteenth birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire—a trip to the Continent. "The Continent," by Keira Drake. (Harper Collins) "Children's books [are] not free of ideology," said Debbie Reese, a member of the Nambé Pueblo tribe, in an interview.
Bickering Book Reviews book review of "The Continent" by Keira Drake. Well, anywho, Keira Drake decided to shake all of that up because Vaela didn't get to float on Cloud 9 for long. She got to know the natives a little better than she would have liked. There are two tribes, and only one of them is civilized. I'll leave it at that. I appreciated the world Drake built in The Continent. Drake’s debut novel comes with a controversial pedigree, having been substantially revised following early criticism of the depiction of the cultures of the Continent. That aspect is improved, but Drake still offers a predictable romance coupled with a “sheltered protagonist goes native” storyline; in one scene, Kaela gleefully attempts to introduce indoor plumbing to the Aven’ei, only to discover she has no idea how it works, either.
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