I love the beautiful imagery in this book - the magical valley and the art that Annie and Peter create, I feel like I could see it in my mind. It's interesting to see two young characters struggling with the impermanence of life but in vastly different ways. I do kind of wonder about the portrayal of depression in the novel - it kind of seemed like Peter wanted to kill himself because he's an introvert? (I mean, I guess because his family didn't like introverts?) But that's really beside the point, I guess.

Would hand to kids who liked The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart or the strong beautiful setting of Keeper by Kathi Appelt.