This book made me cry at a few points, took me on the edge of my seat on others, and basically almost DEVOUR this book in just a few short days.

Never have I ever felt so grateful for some of the smaller things in my life than when reading this book, but also seeing how much kindness and hope and true determination can shape and make a whole persons experience.

I do have a few complaints with this book, (though they are minor) mostly being that I hope that although this book encourages acts of ongoing kindness and understanding, it doesn't allow for misguided blind faith. There are tons of people out there offering scams and ways to exploit people who want to give wholeheartedly so I hope that whoever does read this still keeps an air of reserve when dealing with people who might take advantage.

Also, there were points in the book that I felt were not necessary to include. I know that this was told from a true life perspective, but I felt like we really didn't need stories about foreign exchange students going wrong or late night parties.

Overall this was a very moving book that made me think more about what true poverty looks like and how much a single dollar here can mean to someone who doesn't even have a proper place to live or has gone almost their whole life without shoes.