The cover of this book caught my eye and once I started reading it, I immediately fell in love with Mia (the narrator) and her story. It's a funny, but serious book that deals with growing up but with a twist -- the narrator has a very uncommon, unusual visual disability. Sometimes she sees colors when "normal" people don't. So while you might pick up the Chicago Tribune and see only black-and-white, Mia's letters would be all different colors. This makes it hard for her to learn math and throughout the book you see how having the disability affects her in school and socially.
This book is amazingly well written and the character development is so thorough. I was struck by how much I could connect with Mia (even as an adult). She's an amazing character and felt like I was able to gain a lot of insight into understanding how families cope with differences/disabilities in their children. I recommend this especially to girls because I think you will like Mia a lot, but I think everyone could benefit from reading a book like this.
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