Eleven-year-old Alice just moved Rainbow, Georgia with her mother and brother and she is not happy about it. She is refusing to make friends and make it feel like home because all she wants is to be a whole family again with her father, who abandoned them. She gets in trouble one day and to make up for it, she walks her elderly neighbor’s, Miss Millie’s, dog. The three of them go on daily walks and they form an unlikely friendship. Alice shares with Miss Millie about her father’s abandonment, while Miss Millie opens Alice’s eyes to the problems of racism and segregation and how it has affected her entire family.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I feel as if it is a story that older children will enjoy and also touches on sensitive subjects that they may have never had to think about. The problems mentioned in this book are things that their classmates may be going through, but they have no idea. It talks about real-world problems which I believe is very important for children to understand. It also teaches them that they can form friendships with people that they never thought they could. All they have to do is take the time to talk and listen.
Reviewed by Hannah K.
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