This book is so touching and the movie conveys the same feeling. I highly recomend both the book and the movie. They are both my favorite.

I read this book when it first came out and I keep it on a shelf with my "favorites". It was a beautiful, touching story. I highly recommend it.

A book about believing in others, trust and life. Very sad at times. I can't believe there has not been any other books published by Ben Rice. This book is a total delight.

This is unlike anything I have read before or since. I simply could not put it down. Ben Rice does more in less than 100 pages than many authors do in a lifetime.

It is about the things that really matter in life. Incredibly moving. Very few books move me to tears but this did.

I wouldn't call it a children's book. It has universal appeal, but I doubt whether it would suitable for children under 10.

By the way for all you who have been wondering - in Australia lollies are candy, a Violet Crumble is like a British Crunchie Bar (chocolate covered honeycomb/sea foam)and the cherry ripe is a candy bar I've never seen outside Australia and New Zealand.

I loved this book. The author has masterfully written a story which, in less talented hands, could have come off as sappy and sentimental. Though the story is poignant, there's nothing overblown in the writing, no maudlin words that might make greeting-card sentiments look downright restrained. Instead, Ben Rice skillfully delivers a tender story of friendship, death, love and magic.
What a gem. Wish I had written it.