4 1/2 stars, maybe 5. Thanks, Sharon (and Sofie!) for recommending this one! I randomly checked this out of the library for my ten-year-old daughter and when she was telling me the plot, I kept thinking, "What?! Well, that sounds odd." It is the story of the land of Hokey Pokey, where there are no grown-ups and kids wrangle wild bicycles and at night, monsters hover over their heads. But, of course, that's not what it's really about. It takes a while to figure out what is happening in the story, and to get used the weird words. You have to be comfortable with not totally getting it at first, but the payoff is great, and pretty soon, you will feel totally at home in Hokey Pokey. It is lovely and sentimental and sweet. Siblings, I think all of you will like this one. Katie, I think this fits into the "just a good story that I can get into" thing that we were talking about. I read it in a day.