Joshua Weng Weng itibaren Кенен, Kazachstan itibaren Кенен, Kazachstan

A solid book with interesting relationships. The end left me feeling a bit rotten about the lead female character, which may have been the point. A pretty quick and interesting read.

This was a tough book to read. I thought it would be fun like the musical, but it is nowhere close! It really takes a long time to get into this book, but once you do, the story is beatuifully written and really fascinating. (If you like the wizard of oz, of course)

Everyone should read this before suffering the loss of someone dear; she summed it up beautifully. Must read more of her books.

1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature 1999 Newbery Medal Winner A quirky and unique book--has the feel of a summer camp story full of odd kids, except that these kids are criminals and they are digging giant holes in the desert. The slow revelation of Stanley's family history was interesting. Loved the plot, but parts of it left me confused--was the only treasure that Kissin' Kate Barlow buried Stanley's grandfather's suitcase? The author made it sound like she had been robbing banks and individuals for at least a decade, so I didn't get why the Warden would have just stopped looking for the treasure after Stanley found the suitcase. Things like that challenged my suspension of disbelief, but the story was so much fun that it didn't really matter.