maybe i’m getting cranky. i didn’t really like this book much either. may doesn’t use quotation marks ever and is quite liberal with capital letters used to make things seem more important. i’m all for stylistic writing, but this was occasionally confusing and that’s me reading it as an adult. plus, after trying to teach high school freshmen how to use quotation marks and them being clueless about it, i’m all about exposing readers to standardized punctuation and spelling as much as possible. as for the content of the book— meh. i’m just not a fan of historical fiction, apparently. sigh. may is the only girl in a household of sons. a baby sister is born near the end of the book, but dies soon. may has a completely evil grandmother who comes to live with them. i dunno. i just didn’t really care for it.