#FantasyBRB There are so many children's adventure stories that take young girls and boys away from their house to a magical land. In each of these stories the children meet other fantastical characters who help them achieve their goal or antagonize them along the way. But rarely we come across a book marketed for young adults that's heavy with irony, poetry, lush allegories and self-evolution. 
 The young girl, September, doesn't want any adventure and just wants to go home. It takes less time for her not to take that route as she convinces herself that taking the easy way out is a cowardly way to be. Its a transforming moment in her life when she decides to do what she was set out to by making a ship of her own making. 
 There are several tongue-in-cheek moments Valente specifically stuffed in for the adults with metaphors that can be derived for both children and adults. Its stunning in the way she achieves it, like poetry in motion and a never ending interlude. 
 Fantastic reading.