By David Almond (182 pgs Dell Yearling 1998)
It may be that my perception has been colored by the last thing I read but it seems to me that this is a story about overcoming despair with love. A young boy discovers a stranger in the derelict garage of his parent's new house. Between worrying about his ill baby sister and learning about learning from his new friend Mina, he discovers with Mina's help that the man is not perhaps a man after all.
I think this is a lovely book and a good work of fiction for children. The reading level is 10 years old but I feel a precocious 8 year old could probably manage it.
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