The Girl with Space in Her Heart

by Lara Williamson

[Nessa Luna]

Look I understand that Topaz is just a twelve-year-old kid and she has some issues at school, being bullied and having no friends and all that but I really could not stand her. Also, I'm wondering how old Mabel was cuz like I know she's younger than Topaz (who's twelve), but she felt like the older one?! I didn't like the main plot of this book, I was more interested in the spacey stuff and I do appreciate the whole mental health aspect of this book. But Topaz being convinced Gavin is cheating on their mum and ruining a nice day out by telling their mum just like that was really dumb and really brought the book down for me. I knew halfway through that the blonde woman was his sister and Carina was his mother and instead of the adults just normally talking about this all... Pff honestly this book gave me another point on the 'I never want children' list. I mean sure you could say 'they're kids they don't know any better', but still it annoyed me so much.