Meh. I wasn't too impressed with this one. Georgie was a total mess: incredibly, unpredictably violent, dangerous to himself and other people, unable to keep anything in his room because he destroyed everything he owned. Then he got sent to a facility where he improved dramatically...simply because people acted nice to him. He got a whole room full of possessions and never destroyed any of them. He left his room, started eating in the cafeteria with the other kids, went outside, started speaking, made a friend, etc...all in the course of a few months. All because people were nice to him.

Nice as it sounds, it's just not realistic. I'm not the target audience and probably a teenager (I'm 27) would have an easier time buying it. But I know it takes a lot more than kindness and love to turn such a troubled, animal-like child into a functional human being. ( )