"With searing prose, Anderson lays bare Cassie's heart, documenting one girl's growing understanding of the fragility of the world and calculating as she does the equal dangers of living in it and of failing to. Tender and wise." — Booklist (starred review)
"Religious imagery sits beside cinematic descriptions of environmental tragedies, and readers are left to consider the unsolvable tension between faith and fatalism, and whether the fight for spiritual salvation is worth anything in a dying world." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
"Cassie’s despair, rage, and courage in the face of seeming hopelessness are lyrically chronicled in quiet prose... A thoughtful read about grappling with faith while learning to take a stand." — Kirkus Reviews
"Anderson uses Cassie’s contemplative and resilient voice to detail a true-to-life exploration of one teen’s shifting relationship with faith." — Publishers Weekly