Short
chapters make for a fast read until the middle of the novel. That's
when I started wondering if anything was actually going to happen.
Like a story.
Stead's
novel feels like the shadow of something instead of something: an only
child moves to a new apartment, makes a friend, navigates middle
school, spies on a neighbor, finds out things may not be what they
appear to be, takes it all in stride.
I
really liked Stead's Newbery winner, "When You Reach Me". This
low-key, lightweight narrative was melancholy and dissatisfying.
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