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Shizuko and her daughter Yuki are artists, and this book is written so it helps readers see what the artist's eye sees: wherever Yuki looks, whatever is going on in her life, she sees colors, and the colors have meaning. This is part of what makes this story much more complex than "mother dies, kid suffers with remote father and hateful step-mother,kid gets old enough and moves out" though that pretty much sums up the plot line. What makes the book worth reading, though, is how Yuki processes ev
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For a YA novel I really enjoyed the story. I read this book for a reading challenge. It is a great book for young girls to read about being strong when things seem to go wrong around you. It is a story of growth.
