This book was chosen as a Printz honor award winner just recently at the ALA midwinter conference. It’s also one I had sitting on my shelf for a couple of weeks. It’s a sweet story about an Australian family. Each chapter shifts your perspective to a different family member. There’s Lily who worries about how dysfunctional her family is, but who begins to realize that everyone’s family is dysfunctional. Her brother Lonnie, who can’t seem to figure out his place on this planet. All the characters are well formed, and you get to know them really well.
It was a bit hard sticking with a book that was so introspective for 250 pages. No real action or even a lot of dialogue to propel it along. Still, if you can get past that, it’s worth hanging in there for the ending.
