Imagine yourself as a kid. Not only is it YOUR fault your mom lost her job and broke up with her boyfriend, now you are seeing the thoughts of others around you. You know, like the ones you see above cartoon characters in the comics, thought bubbles. You start to believe maybe something is seriously wrong with you. It is hard enough being a kid, now this?

Author Abby Cooper writes an incredible tale about a girl who is so in tune with the people around her it is starting to consume her. As a reader, I connected with this story and the main character Sophie. I was just like her when I was a kid. I always worried about the people and events around me. I would obsess about the unknown and what I had no power over, but I never let anyone know about it. It did not manifest in the same way as Sophie's feeling did, but none the less, I could relate. Abby Cooper has a way of storytelling that reminds you of the adolescent you. So real, so rich, so tender. A must read for fourth grades and up! ( )