This is a book about kids who have run away from home and are living on the street. At first, they seem to think they chose this life, that they are more free and enjoy it. But it's winter time, and one by one they start to die, get seriously sick, or leave. The main character, Maybe, realizes that this life is just a last resort, and that they actually still have other options.
About the middle of the book, Maybe is talking about the people she passes by who have homes and jobs and food to eat. She talks about how she and her friends think these people are "robots" for going to work and having routines. She asks, "Why didn't it bother them? Or maybe the question was, why did it bother us?" (page 103). I thought this was a very good question. Perhaps it bothered them because the people they were trying to get away from led lives like this.
I thought the descriptions of Maybe's life were excellent. They sometimes grossed me out, but it's good to remember that there are people who have to live like that and to remember that they are people.
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