Statue of Ku by Tricia Stewart Shiu
My rating on a 100-point scale: 68
First, I quite enjoyed this novel. It wasn't patchy like the first (in this series) in plot and character development. Ku's story was amazing and believable. This novel was mostly well-written, and not as bumpy as Moa, the first book in this series.
On the negative side, however, I must mention (possibly for the author's benefit) that the children all seem to act like adults in speaking and actions. This is acceptable for one character (Moa, who is actually a whole lot older in spiritual years and wisdom than her physical body relates) and possibly acceptable for an extraordinary child (Heidi, I suppose, could be considered an extraordinary child), but beyond that stretches the limits of believability. The other children in the novel (for example, in the marketplace) also act older than they should in speech and actions, and I find this hard to accept as a reader.
