First and foremost, if you are planning to pick up this novel purely because you are in love with the Travelling Pants, stop and evaluate. This is not the Travelling Pants series. That analogy is like telling you to pick up Stephanie Meyer's "The Host" because you are a fan of "Twilight". Trust me kids, this is apples and oranges.
Second, please read this book with the audience in mind. The publisher is Random House Children's and it is definitely framed in a YA mindset. Unlike some of the other successful crossovers in the Dystopian YA genre like Divergent or Hunger Games, this one is geared more toward the 11-14 year old range.
All that being said, the book itself would be a favorite read of mine when I was 11. I would have loved the characters and the story behind Prenna's journey and what she was fighting for and against. The thinness of the plot which is obvious to me now, wouldn't have mattered. I would have had real emotions in the ending and really felt for the characters.
Reading it with a discerning eye, it's less than stellar, but for the target age and genre range, I felt it was a solid little book.
Goodreads rating: 3 stars
In Progress: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
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