Surprisingly gentle for the content, in a way that warmed me all over. One might think that in the midst of COVID19 this book would be too difficult to read, but I found it to be endearing. So expressly midgrade and not YA! SpoilerYes the adults were all lying to her (which would have happened in the YA version) but it was just for her own good (which is not hte YA version at all). Yes there was a difficult decision to make, but she got to decide both instead of one or the other. All in all, a delightful read.