Whenever I see a Canada Reads sticker on a book, I generally know it will be solid, and this was no exception. Choy's use of child narrators, having the audience see the complex world of adults through the lens of children was effective, especially with the challenging story he was telling. I liked that he moved through three of the children -using only one would not have been as effective. I'm not sure I've read a Chinese-Canadian story taking place during the interwar period and at the start of WWII, and I really enjoyed reading something new.