Wendy Mass was my favorite author as a child, and I loved so many of her books. This one I remember reading when I was maybe a little too young for it, but certain things from it really stuck with me. I've been in a bit of a reading slump so I decided to see if my library had this one, and I reread it for the first time in over a decade. 

It definitely has some things that haven't aged well, and it feels very 2004 in ways both good and bad. But overall I liked it; it was definitely engaging, since I accidentally read the entire thing in like 24 hours despite having a lot of things I need to do. I really like how she shows so many glimpses into smaller characters' lives. The multiple POV thing/notes about things that happen outside of the time frame of the book really had an impact on me when I read this book as a child. It's an interesting concept and for the most part I think Mass pulls it off well.