Thank you to NetGalley and UCLan publishing for the advance reader copy.

I think overall this would be a good children’s/young adult book that teaches about learning your full identity and being true to yourself; but I would have still liked some more fleshing out of the characters, the world and also the culture.

We have a small town where a young Japanese American family live and by the mums design have no ties to their Japanese heritage. This obviously doesn’t stop small mindedness and racism towards the children. I would have also liked some consequences for the ignorant characters; mainly to teach that acting wrong leads to either a punishment or some change to the social structure.

The main characters Caleb and Emily are a great example of how siblings will have your back but still argue and disagree.

Overall an easy and quick read, but felt slightly rushed in the last chapter to set up a sequel.