Just like people.The main difficulty with writing stories with a young protagonist is taking the typically uninteresting thoughts of a young person and making them compelling without stripping the child of his or her youthful sensibilities. Then they were caught in the puddles and stopped. He was playing very softly, for himself only. Humpback played his flute, and the backyard listened. I really liked it, and will probably buy a copy to re-read.
I think this book would go over better with people who usually dislike genre literature, than with most genre fans. I would recommend this book to people who are fine with a slow, character-driven story and to people who like more "literary" literature. The children's impending graduation provides a sense of tension because none of the characters wants to leave the school where they are accepted for who they are (and some have superpowers due to the reality-shifting nature of the house, although this aspect is not as important as it would be in a lesser book). This is a challenging book: the narrative is non-linear, and the story is long, cynical, philosophical, and much more character-driven than plot-driven (aka. The school has a connection to another dimension, and the boys can use this connection to travel through space and time, and experience things that they otherwise would not be able to experience. Basically, The Gray House is the story of a handful of boys in a school for disabled children.
I read this book for the Fantasy reading challenge, as it is a book with a disabled protagonist.
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