Posted 27 August 2012 - 11:06 PM
I just bought /Look Back, Moss/ at the Vermont State Championship SDT in Quechee. Unfortunately everyone was rushing to leave because of a threatened thunderstorm, so I didn't get a chance to ask her to sign it. (But yeah, I was told she would've!)
It's in the style of the YA novels I grew up on, the ones that were written by mostly Depression- and WWII-babies: IOW, it portrays difficult issues which it doesn't fully resolve, but it does end on a note of hope. In the case of /Look Back, Moss/, one of the issues it raises is that of "rescue" and animal rights extremism. It's a sensitive, even-handed treatment of the issue.
I spent the evening reading it--by flashlight, in the Quechee State Park campground--and left the dishes to my poor SO. The camping dishes. And we were tenting. Muhahaha. IOW, it was very interesting!
BTW--I've ordered used books from Amazon before (current price for /Away to Me, Moss/: $4). Generally they're fine. You don't have to buy it new!