A wartime diary

I didn't think this was anything great. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone -- unless they love the genre. One props I'll give her is that her vocab rocks! The story is fascinating, but there isn't enough history about the Bosnia war and that made me feel like I really didn't understand why I should care so much about her friends fleaing and the seperation of the races. And she's too young to really tell you what was going on. I missed that. All in all -- it's just a pre-teen's diary.