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This book is beautifully written, but also very strange. I think it comes from the alternating viewpoint characters, as the chapters bounce back and forth.
Weirdly, I got no feeling for what the dog looked like for most of the story. If that was a deliberate choice by the author, it was an odd one, because the descriptions in the book didn't lead me to anything like how the dog looks on the cover.
I really liked the characters, although it seemed odd that with such an involved and interesting gran ...more
Weirdly, I got no feeling for what the dog looked like for most of the story. If that was a deliberate choice by the author, it was an odd one, because the descriptions in the book didn't lead me to anything like how the dog looks on the cover.
I really liked the characters, although it seemed odd that with such an involved and interesting gran ...more
Virgil is not looking forward to this summer - he feels like a failure because he never talked to Valencia Somerset in school. But on the first day of break, his life is changed when bully Chet tosses Virgil's backpack - that has his pet guinea pig in it - down a well in the woods. When Virgil, Chet, Valencia and psychic Kaori's lives all intersect on this day, things may never be the same.
I liked this book, but I am not sure that I loved it. I did enjoy the ending, and I liked the character dev ...more
I liked this book, but I am not sure that I loved it. I did enjoy the ending, and I liked the character dev ...more
