Jessica's Review: Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee

Fiela's Child is a story of loss, learning, and searching. There is the loss of a child by two different women and the foundings of hope in one boy. In this same boy is the loss of identity, of who is he and who he is supposed to be. At one point, both meanings are lost to him. He learns to adjust to different environments relying on himself when no one else is around. This is Benjamin Kamoetie, the source of turmoil and rejoicing for Feila Komoetie, and Lukas van Rooyan, son of Barta van Rooyan and for her, he has died and come back to life. There is racial between the two families, one black and one white and a tug of war for superiority between the families themselves. I thought this was a great book filled with deeper meaning about identity as well as common issues existing in the region of South America, where this takes place. I would recommend it to others, but on special interest alone. It's not your everyday Harry Potter.
Rating: 4Q, 2P

**This book is available through InterLibrary Loan.**