I would give this book one hundred stars. Elinore is my hero. I want to live like her, be like her, when I grow up. Again and again, yes. I do recommend. This book made me cry a bit. Sadness and joy. I loved to pause and remember, hey, these people are real. They truly were once upon a time. This book would have never taken me as long as it did to read it, except I had my life to live in between.