Generally a sweet book, but I didn't like the ending and I would have liked the author to go a little deeper with the Lacey Jane character. There was a lack of depth and empathy, that some of my favorite children's books manage to capture. This story had great characters but it stayed on the surf...
She hoped to slink inside the house and hole up in her room until church school was over. It didn’t work. Her mother was planted in the rocking chair on the porch, an old enameled basin in her lap. Beside her, a peck basket overflowed with fresh-picked lima beans. She snapped each shell and flick...