I want to note that this is an Australian book that was later published in America. The Australian edition is titled Good Oil and was published in 2010. This book is probably one of the most honest coming-of-age-love-story novels I’ve read. It doesn’t have supernatural beings,…
I enjoyed the story for the most part. You don’t get much background information on any the characters, barely even on Madeline – which is the main character. You know she is sick and they refer to her “triggers” often, but you never know…
This is such a sweet story about a family learning and growing together and a young girl finding her courage, with a little dash of a love story. It’s a story about a girl with the fear of other people, people she doesn’t know,…