Ratings341
Average rating4.1
It didn't feel like a YA adult, but a book aimed for 10-12 year olds, the characters are not fully-fleshed but more like archetypes. Still a great book for kids, about the importance of kindness, bravery and acceptance. The book is touching, I just had a problem with the whole “life balances the good with the bad” kind of message, like sure you're poor but you have friends, or sure you're disfigured, but you have a great family. Like that's not how life actually is. But anyway, children's book, will not read too much into it.