Silly, but sweet

Never judge a book by its title, right?  I thought Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter would be a completely fun and silly story, but there was some real heart to it, too. Olivia and her father have moved again to yet another apartment building.  She's tired of being the new, lonely kid, but this building is starting to get interesting, with Sidi and her talking lizards, an apartment made of glass, and the eccentric Madame Brenda.  And Olivia's happy to be making friends with Branwell, who remembers her from school - but there's something a bit odd about him, and Olivia really can't remember ever seeing him in class.  Sometimes the story reads like a fantasy, and sometimes it seems more like a girl who's simply using her imagination to work through her loneliness.  Either way, it's magical and delightful.