I'm older than the target audience for this book (which I will guess is young adults). I enjoyed seeing the growth/maturing in Catriona and her friend Rosie.
Pag started out as a misspelling of pig and was meant to be an insult, but somewhere, over time, it became more of a good thing to Catriona. She stated it meant someone powerful and different. I was also glad to see that although Cat started out not really liking her grandmother, when it came time to choose between living with her parents (who left her with her grandmother when she was ver little) and staying with her grandmother, she wanted to stay with her grandmother.
Another area that shows the growth of the two girls is deciding that making up names for people isn't a good thing to do anymore, particularly since many of their names are derogatory. (Hairy Ears, Willie Snotnose, Fish Breath as examples) though there are a few that are not as bad, such as their name for a beloved teacher which I think was meant to honor her.
Rosie seems to be a good friend, although it was her idea for many of the names in the first place. I'm glad that Cat seemed to be sympathetic toward Willie as she learns more about his circumstances.
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