I liked this book as I like almost everything E.L.Konigsburg has written. As usual, the main character, Margaret Rose, was very articulate and defensive of her identity. This lead to a variety of obstacles mostly set up by society, that she haad to overcome, to keep her self-image from being destroyed, in her words. If the narration was a little confusing in its jumping from setting to setting, Margaret's wit and Konigsburg's lack of condescension more than made up for it. This story was for the nonconformist in all of us, for the little voice that says that society can't just have it's way with us.