Is What I Carry Worth Reading?
Ada’s Score
Seventeen-year-old Muir has spent her life cycling through Washington State foster homes, keeping to herself and carrying only what fits in a single bag — her system for surviving without getting attached. Her final year of foster care before ageing out of the system lands her with a family unlike any she's known, and slowly, terrifyingly, she begins to let people in. Jennifer Longo writes with extraordinary restraint and emotional precision, making the small moments of connection feel seismic. A quiet, devastating novel about what we carry and what we're allowed to put down.
“Hushed and heartbreaking — Longo earns every moment of hope this book so carefully builds toward.”
Ada Brief
AI reading intelligence“Hushed and heartbreaking — Longo earns every moment of hope this book so carefully builds toward.”
Book Details
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- January 1, 2020
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
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Ada’s Score Breakdown
4.3
This breakdown reflects how Ada weighs the book’s strengths and flaws, not aggregated reader data.
Common Questions About What I Carry
- Is What I Carry worth reading?
- Hushed and heartbreaking — Longo earns every moment of hope this book so carefully builds toward. Ada rates it 4.3 out of 5.
- How many pages is What I Carry?
- What I Carry is 336 pages long — around 6–7 hours at an average reading pace.
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