5 out of 5 stars
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Hole in the Wall by Monka Jean is a beautiful book that talks about the struggles of homeless children and children from bad homes. Monka Jean portrays children surviving through luck on the streets due to the cruelty life has shown to them, which they have to face head-on.
In our society today, we see lots of homeless children, but we don’t know their story and how they got to the streets. In Hole in the Wall, we see Tyler and his siblings, who have suffered abuse from their parents all their life, struggle through life. You will think the children have suffered enough, but their lives take a turn for the worse as something drastic happens, and they find themselves living on luck as street children in a place called The Junction. Young Tyler is tasked with protecting his siblings from the dangers of the street and the clutches of the case workers. He promises to protect his siblings and be a superhero in their life, hiding them so that the CPS doesn’t take them into foster homes and split them in the process. As you read the book, you can only hope that Tyler is able to keep to his promise.
I loved everything about this book. Monka Jean is an excellent writer who was able to connect every emotion felt by the characters to her readers. Reading this book made me see homeless children in a new light. I could not help but feel every emotion they felt. At every junction, I understood their pain and the rough life that has been handed over to them, a life they didn’t ask for, a life given to them by bad parents who put their love for drugs over their love for their children. I loved how the author shows us that through the darkness, there is always a silver lining, and as long as there is life, there is hope. I also loved how she portrayed Tyler and his siblings having fun and being happy despite how they had to survive.
Since I didn't find any negative aspects, this book will get a deserved perfect rating. Therefore, I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because of the positive aspects above. Monka Jean perfected all aspects of the book.
I believe this book is a must-read, and so I recommend it to every reader as I think we should all get to know what these children on the streets go through. To narrow it down a bit, I will also recommend this book for people going through a hard time in life, thinking that all is over. This is so they can borrow a leaf from these children who survived at such a young age and know that it’s going to be alright.
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Hole In The Wall
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