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Excellent vocabulary and somewhat longer than the average children‘s book. A story of struggle and friendship.

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I really liked this one, but it didn‘t feel like it was for typical picture book audiences. It is long and wordy, but it is beautifully written and has such great vocabulary. I love that it doesn‘t assume that kids can‘t understand large words in context. A great story of an unlikely friendship.

This one is ok, off to a bit of a slow start but once I settled into it the story seemed to come together better. This is described as a stand-alone and I think there‘s enough background for that to work. The premise is interesting - a teen who can speak to the dead. He‘s not believed at first and he‘s bordering on suicide because this makes him even more different. He does start to see the value of being with the living and what he can do.

This was a great book that introduces a lot of new vocabulary to young readers. It's basically a version of the lion and the mouse fable but beautifully written. I mentioned to my daughter that the author is the same man who wrote Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. She whispered, "I hate Sylvester." She cried hysterically when we read that!
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"One night, in a phosphorescent sea, he marveled at the sight of some whales spouting luminous water; and later, lying on the deck of his boat gazing at the immense, starry sky, the tiny mouse, Amos, a little speck of a living thing in the vast living universe, felt thoroughly akin to it all."