Read this for Reading Group. I chaired the meeting so ended up reading it quite in-depth; after I’d finished it I went back to the beginning and re-read a lot of it.

Indigo seems very childish for an 11 year old. I found her very irritating and sulky, although I liked the way she isn’t yet conditioned to be ‘nice’ i.e. socially acceptable. I enjoyed Karen’s story more. Her timeline jumped around but it made more sense when I went through the book again. The gradual uncovering of her illness was very clever. Indy’s story is set in South Africa, which adds another element of interest.

The book is a decent coming-of-age story. I don’t know if I would go so far as to recommend it, but I enjoyed reading it.