I enjoyed the humor and levity in this book, a nice change from my usual fare of heavy historical fiction. Set in Tuscany in a beautiful village that is suffering in its old age, this book features a colorful cast of quirky, lovable characters. Through a series of hardships and antics, the villagers come to understand that the love and harmony between them are their greatest treasures.

This was a sweet, magical realism book. Characters were colorful and quirky, with many human foibles. Those who face tragedy deal with it in differing ways - some believing in the magic of fairy tales, others sticking to practical realism. You'll have to read the book to find out which way the story turns!

Dog Man

The chuket

Good

It was about Kristy and she was baby-sitting two kids but they were snobs. Then she meets another girl and she becomes friends and her dog starts dying so there family is so sad. the other girl gives Kristy a puppy and she joins the baby-sitters club.

i liked the part about pretending. i once pretended to be sonic. its fun pretending and sonic is my favorite character

What a beautiful book! It's hard to believe it's a debut novel - the octopus is so tenderly rendered that my heart broke for him. The other characters in the book are richly rendered and endearing. Highly recommend!

My favorite part was how Jason still got to play other baseball games even though he was sick for the first practice.

It was about Karen Kristy's little sister who thinks there neighbour is a witch.