heatherdmoore 's review for:

5.0

While this story contains more sadness than the first, it’s also is filled with hope, adventure, and good humor. By the time we finished, my 11 year old said that she now feels like she understands a lot more of what a workhouse was and what it must’ve meant to live in one. Learning about hard times in history can be disheartening for a child, but when they are introduced to these periods within a story woven with helpful characters and heroic acts it brings a much appreciated softness to the hard truth. Overall, an excellent follow up to A Boy Called Christmas!