it was hard to start; i almost put it down. the writing was really annoying me. there was no flow. verbs were drowning in excess adjectives everywhere. but then, either the author smoothed out or i got engrossed in the story and i finished. a couple of the characters were believable (gratefully, this includes the protagonist), but most were not. the plot itself was a good story about overcoming the obstacles in the route of life, and an encouragement to teens. given the technical difficulties, however, i just don’t see how it will reach to them.

i knew about this book when it first published, but didn’t get around reading it until now. i’m sorry i waited so long. an important story. completely inspirational, not only for us librarians, but us Americans.