![]() ![]() This is both an absorbing read and a thought–provoking one., Ruby's novel has plenty to distinguish it. Tola and her family are fascinating, quirky-yet-believable, and wholly likable., There's wit and cleverness as well as sympathy in both the writing and in the touches of fairy–tale allusion. This is both an absorbing read and a thoughtprovoking one., A clever, sardonic character study. Visual artists will love this homage to creativity, and teens outside the status quo will find a kindred spirit in plucky Tola., There's wit and cleverness as well as sympathy in both the writing and in the touches of fairytale allusion. Tola and her family are fascinating, quirky-yet-believable, and wholly likable. ![]()
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