"Nature plays a thrilling role in these five short stories about preteens who reach beyond age and disability and prejudice... In all the stories, the excitement is grounded in hard work, biological fact, and physical particularity...The human connections are natural, too: edgy, sometimes difficult, nurturing, growing..."—Booklist
“Rosen has written five short stories about protagonists on the cusp of adolescence in tales that are honest, captivating, and occasionally inspiring...Rosen's message is uniformly empowering: Even in the face of disease, divorce, or disability, the human heart is truly big enough.—Kirkus Reviews
