“Absorbing from page to page.” — Rita Williams-Garcia, Newbery Honor author
“A searing story with a hopeful resolution.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Readers will be transfixed. Zylynn is well portrayed as a devout but confused young girl. Carter takes readers on a journey with Zylynn to uncover her past and reconcile it with her future in this thought-provoking and highly discussible novel.” — School Library Journal
“Carefully paced. Readers will feel keenly the simultaneous wish to make Zylynn see how awful her life was while also allowing her to experience the grief of losing all she knew.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books