I have mixed feelings about this book. It started out strong, with a mysterious stranger and tension as we wonder if Afia will choose to leave her home and her sister. I enjoyed the oddities and parallels to Alice in Wonderland--Araujo did an excellent job with her descriptions. I do wish, however, that Afia had more self-awareness or depth to her. It felt like as the story went on, she was just going in circles without really thinking things through, which became increasingly tedious to read. I would not recommend this book to teen or adult readers but, I think elementary aged students would enjoy it.