"A warm, close-knit family and community lovingly nurture Jamela. All the characters, major and minor, are drawn as distinct individuals with expressive faces and body language. The entire work is carefully crafted . But it is Jamela who is the star. She is mischievous, boisterous, loving, generous, worried, determined, even defiant, and it's all there in her face. This little girl is a charmer and so is her story." -Starred, Kirkus Reviews.