The Best Niece in Australia recommended this, along with The Ickabog, to me.  One of these things is not like the others! Its heavy going.  Scarlett was heavily scarred in an auto accident, and learns a lesson about beauty being on the inside from a family she meets in the remote mountains she escaped to with her father.  Its a tough lesson, since she’s been taught by her grandmother that her physical beauty is an intrinsic part of her value as a person. Gran was […]