Wow. This is a beautiful book for ages 10-100. It's Judy Blume meets Jane Eyre in Montreal, but more compact and impressionistic. The hazy drawings make the book feel both more gentle and more sophisticated. The story is very brief, but anyone who has felt like an outsider, and any girl who has felt uncomfortable with her body, will be able to fill in the detail in each beat. Older kids should not skip this one just because it is shelved in the children's section.