I was suppose to have read this book in school I believe. But I didn't, so I've only just read it now.
Well, I've learned that Thai young adult fiction is dull as. Though the story itself has so much potential, seeing as the story takes place in Bangkok, right after the second world war (in which Bangkok was occupied by the Japanese) and is about a family and their neibourhood. Great setting. Dull plot. No actual main conflict, there are several minor ones that are solved within a chapter and then forgotten or never mentioned again. I can see why it is the type of book that would be chosen for schools, it teaches morals and how to be a good person. That's good and all, but we still need some sort of actual story line with a conflict in it to get to the lesson of the story.
On a side note though, it was small and easy to read. And I wish the best of luck to the future generations in Thai schools to have to read this "good" but dull book.