I want to say that the four star rating of this book solely comes from the writing. The actual content of the story did very little for me, but the way it was told made me want to read more.

On paper, this story would be over and done with very quickly. Not very much happens, though what does happen speeds by in the course of a day or two. There is a lot of telling versus showing, but, given how the story is narrated, it makes sense but it still irked me.

Honestly, the style is the only thing that saved the book for me. If any other author had written, I'd probably set it down without looking back. It's a very straightforward story told in a not so straightforward way, which I appreciate. Her writing is very lyrical and insightful, leaning towards the abstract. I very rarely see this style in books targeted towards kids and I wish there were more of them. It's books like this that get kids interested in crafting language and making something beautiful out of words.