" I'll be honest: I couldn't stand this book. It was basically a riches-to-rags clumsily written cliche. Also, it drives me crazy how the railway station is so meaningful and important when it's only visited, like, twice in the entire 188 pages. I went to the Brooklyn Public Library but people don't call me 'The Library Child'. I visited the Whitney Musem but people don't call me 'The Museum Child'. In truth, I have little patience for E. Nesbit, though she is considered one of the greatest writers for children of all time. "
— Emma, 2/4/2014