At first I was disappointed that this book was not a continuation of "Cart and Cwidder", it has the same feel and is in the same world. The more I read the more I liked this story also. The heros are so brave and make such hard choices that you almost think they are adults, but than something will happen to remind you that they are really just children. I think it is amazing that this author can portray the, way a pre-teens mind works so clearly, on the edge between adulthood and childhood.