The House With Dirt Walls

Elaine Newkirk
BookSurge Publishing (2007)
ISBN 9781419670633
Reviewed by Mary Johnson (age 14) for Reader Views (10/07)

 

“The House With Dirt Walls” is about a girl named Charlie who was physically and sexually abused from a young age and how she overcame her life of abuse and tragedy to become a healthy role model for other girls in abusive situations.

“The House With Dirt Walls” is the most heart wrenching book I have ever read. Elaine Newkirk is a wonderful author. She got straight to the point and stayed there, she never got off track and she kept my attention through the whole book. Literally, I didn't want to put this book down.  I think this book is a wonderful book and everything is in sequence.  It is important to me that the Author Elaine Newkirk did not backtrack and that she introduced everyone in the book.

I think “The House With Dirt Walls” is a great book for young adults to read or even for schools to have kids read to let them know these things really happen and people actually live with these problems in their homes and don't speak up about them because they are afraid society will reject them. This book is definitely for a young adult/adult, or to use as a reference guide at a sexual-abuse orientation. I think Elaine Newkirk’s book might open people up to discussing their own abuse and maybe help them to get the help they need to become healthy. I think both boys and girls could benefit from reading “The House With Dirt Walls,” as everyone knows someone who has been abused and it might help people understand how a person feels and why they do the things they do.

The best part is that Charlie (who is the main girl in this book) comes out of that life and becomes a very successful woman and knows who her real family is. They are the people who have been there through hard times and good times. Also she knows that God put her on this earth with a purpose.
 
However, I would like to see the grammar and spelling mistakes fixed.  

“The House With Dirt Walls” is definitely one of the most well- written books I have ever read and I hope the next book written by Elaine Newkirk will be just as good.

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