I am going to instantly get down to the facts and tell you about the book, shan't I? Well, then let us begin.
Joey M. G. wants to stand out and be different; that is, he doesn't want to spend his free time in an open field playing football, nor is he interested in insects like his friend Digby. Rather, he wants to play the guitar - but he's too shy, and he's no good on the instrument (like me).
Everyday after school, Joey goes up a little hill that grows a bit away from his home-town, and there he lies down with the snakes and crows and hears them slither and sing while he strums his instrument very lightly. However, one day, a mysterious girl named "Marsh" is found building a tree-house on the friendly peppercorn tree, and next time, she is living in it, barefoot and carefree and passionate, her "home" full of tiny things, her mind of no studies, but imagination.
I've really forgotten about how good it feels to meet a strong female-character, and I found a bit of myself in Marsh: she is stubborn and loyal, and fantastically creative, and bright as a ray of sun when she smiles (and I say this hopefully about me).
I cannot tell what happens next, but it's a story of friendship and family and LOVE - it ain't some childy cliche, I don't think - it's more like a story with enormous twenty-sized calibri writing and a big heart. Yep, that's it.
A lovely book - I shall give it 4/5 stars, just because the writing was too big and the book ended too abruptly, I thought. But, whatever.
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