It's good, it's touching, but also a bit of a let down.

It's a simple story that's simply written, a young girl gets taken care of by an unknown couple for a period of time, realises they are better parents to her than her real ones, and then unfortunately has to go back to her biological parents.

I think it's a sweet story, but the short length of it does it a disservice, as a reader you don't really get enough time to become emotionally invested in the Kinsella's, especially considering they only really warm up to the girl in the last third of the book.

Honestly, my favourite parts were the unsettling, slightly ominous sections. The first night at the new house and the boy in the well. I think it's a shame that Keegan didn't lean more into the subtle horror of going to a new home and unearthing the past. Instead she went for a more basic emotional plot, which I think would have worked better with added length. 

Also I don't really get the praise for the prose, maybe the average person's reading comprehension has degraded so much that they think this is in any way remarkable, but again I didn't see it. This novella is written to suit a 5th graders comprehension skills, and look there's nothing wrong with simple, but I'd rather we didn't hype up incredibly basic prose.