Ms. Palacio is a fabulous writer. Many years ago I read and loved her book Wonder . When authors write well across genres, they are good writers. This book contains intriguing characters, insightful peeks into the West in the 1860's and captivating action. The story is well-crafted.
Twelve-year-old Silas Bird's life is forever altered when men charge into the Bird family home and take his father away. All of his life his father has protected him, but now Silas ventures out into the open wilderness to find his father. Mittenwool, his best friend who is a ghost, accompanies him. Together they encounter a host of characters and adventures.
Warnings: Silas can see and commuincate with ghosts. Some of the descriptions of the ghosts are graphic as they portray how they die (blood dripping down from a bullet wound etc.). Spiritualism (ghosts) is a theme of the book. Silas's mother is dead from the start of the book. During the book Silas's father dies. At the end of the book the reader finds out that Jack Beautyman is a homosexual. At first I thought I was reading into it, but Ms. Palacio confirms it in the "author's note".
-Borrowed from the library.
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