This is not a literary masterpiece, but it certainly stole my heart and I was sad to say goodbye to my friends at the end. Having read so many serious books lately, this was refreshing--hell, Mary Poppins (sort-of) is in it!
This is good for teens who want light reading, but not crap. The format of pieces from a writing assignment to write a journal, instant messaging, and emails is very well executed and may be appealing to reluctant readers. Readers have to be able to and enjoy suspending belief in an apparently realistic story. Character development is outstanding, and the dialog just makes me smile. There are positive adult role models of all kinds: parents, teachers, and social workers. And, hopefully someday life will be so easy for gays, Latinos, and people with disabilities.
While this is certainly written as a teen book, there is nothing in it that is inappropriate for 'tweens. I think this would also be good for adults to see that teens do like happy things too, and for those adults that think teens are always up to no good. Ha, they're wrong!
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