Second World

Second World
By R.M. Wagoner
9781463689742 169p

Great characters, interesting situations. So many 'spiritual' books are too simplistic or frankly insulting to those who are spiritually minded. But this was an intriguing book. I'm not sure if I missed it or it wasn't in there, but I wasn't sure how old Clare was. That bugged me sometimes, I wanted to know. But most of the time it worked, not knowing exactly how old she was. I did want to know how old her sister was and to see more of the relationship between them. The relationship with her grandfather was beautiful though. I liked the ending, though it seemed like the beginning of a story, not the end.
The characters were realistic, with flaws. Even Clare, getting distracted when she should have been cleaning up and helping her mother and sister. She had a special spiritual understanding, but she wasn't perfect. Really felt for the pastor, I would have loved to learn more of his story.
The parrot seemed like it should be important, but I can't figure out how. Hopefully this is the beginning of a series, in which case it gets:
9/10.