Review: Touching and uplifting!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
"None of us are afraid of dying. We are afraid of living in this kind of oppression."This story opens up and grabs your attention. The reader is pulled into this fantasy with it's heartfelt emotion and unpredictable plot. The descriptions are so vivid that you can see the story play out in front of you as if you were watching a movie.I was drawn to the characters instantly. This coming of age story is like nothing else I have ever read. My curiosity only intensified as the story came to life. The writing is clear and flows naturally. There is so much heart in this adventure novel that I didn't want to put it down."Toby was my best and only friend. We lived deep in the woods away from any other families. I had never played with any other kids. I would seldom see anyone except my family. Occasionally, men in uniforms would come and talk to my dad. He would always give them an envelope. After the uniformed men would leave, my dad would storm off into the woods, and mom would go to her room and cry."