Based on what I have read so far, the book is about a young girl named Sophie who is living with her aunt Atie in Croix-des-Rosets (located in Haiti). One thing I found interesting in the read is the fact that aunt Atie believes that the “old bible” has the answers to everything, but she doesn’t know how to read and refuses to learn from children (Even though its her dream to be able to read). Another thing I found interesting was the way Atie acted around Monsieur Augustin, I had the sneaking suspicion that Atie has feelings for Mr. Augustin. Coming closer to the end of chapter 4 I got the feeling that Sophie didn’t really want to leave Atie and move to New York with her mom, in my personal opinion it felt like Atie was more of a mother figure to Sophie than her actual mother.