This is a book written in poetry about a girl called Cassie who is moved by her mother to England from Poland to find her father. She has to overcome lots of difficulties with language and culture as well as trying to fit in at her new school.

My favourite character in the book was Cassie because she didn't seem to have a mean side to her. She was timid and gentle, but very confused. I felt that Cassie was being used at times, only being wanted when the other girls had nobody else there. She was a harmless character who was misunderstood.

A really memorable moment in the book which stood out for me was when Cassie wanted to be liked by the other girls and shave her legs. She didn't know how to do it and the situation was described with a brilliant choice of words. For example, she was said to have "scraped" the razor up her legs and the blood "trickled" down it. The description was so realistic it actually made me flinch.

I haven't read any other books by this author but I will certainly try more. I very much liked the way it was structured because it seemed to exaggerate the important sentences in the text. This made me to look for other techniques the author used which might also be effective in writing.

There was nothing I disliked about this book however there was one part which didn't make sense to me at first so I had to go back and read over it again - other than this the book was great!

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes an entertaining read with a unique and inspirational storyline.

I give this book 4.5/5.

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