Title: When I read this as a kid, I did not enjoy it
Review: It has been a while since I have read this, but as I recall it was rather lousy. The theme of sibling jealousy grew tiresome; it would have made a fine subplot rather than the focus of the novel. Writing children's literature is difficult because the author must avoid dumbing down the content, and Paterson did a decent job of this. But she skews the perspective of the book towards that of a child not as Harper Lee did, with a different outlook on the facts, but rather everything is vague and unclear. Thoughts are jumbled and when Sara grows up and finds herself at the end, you don't care. Why? The picture of Sarah isn't there admist the author's blurring of emotion.Kids, even if they are mistaken, know exactly what they are feeling. There is no confusion. Sarah is as confused as the reader, and the plot remains weak with no writing to boost it up.There are better children's literature, such as The Giver.
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