I had a strong emotional reaction to this book, and would tear up while I was reading it on my lunch break. I hope that a lot of kids get a chance to read it, and start to think about disabilities in a different way. The sadness and hope of last few chapters was realistic and well-done. 
 I was disappointed in how the characters of Claire and Molly were written though. They were stereotypes, and it was annoying that the adults were apparently not very responsive to their behavior.