This book made the preliminary nominees for the Mark Twain award, but didn't make the cut to final nominee. It gave the impression that it was going to be a ghost story, but certainly never followed that track. I'm still not sure what the explanation for the odd...very odd happenings would be, if not haunting, but it was made very clear throughout the book that this was not the solution. Most of the children who have read it tell me they absolutely love it, so I'm going to go with their review. It was a sweet story about a lonely girl finding her place in a new setting, but it never really wowed me. That being said, there were some very nice touches to the book, so it's worth placing in the hands of kids 3rd grade and up.
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