The Unfinished Angel

Sharon Creech

'Peoples are strange!
The things they are doing and saying - sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads?'

Angel, not fond of people at the best of times and having an identity crisis, is about to meet Zola - a talkative young girl who makes herself at home in Angel's tower in a village high in the Swiss Alps. 'This Zola is a lot bossy,' Angel thinks. But out of their bickering an unexpected friendship forms, which benefits the entire village, reminding us that magic can be found in even the most ordinary acts of kindness.

Reviews

"A magical story that's truly original, touching and funny."
Julia Eccleshare - Lovereading4kids

"Comical and moving novel...full of accidental wisdom about the inhumanity of humans."
Nicolette Jones - The Sunday Times

"Some books are absolute magic, and this is one of them."
School Library Journal

"(An) endearing contemporary fable...moving, funny and sweet - and begging to be read aloud."
Kirkus, Starred Review

"Unbelievably sweet little novel."
Wall Street Journal