What an end!

"I did not expect that bittersweet ending! At first I thought this would be more of a Goosebumps/Hansel&Gretel kind of story. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was not! I really liked Oak Street, and found it very touching with a cute message. My feedback to improve this already very good writing is to add more description. I love the simple sentences that reflect the main character's age. But there were many times where I wished there was more showing and less telling. For example, better descriptions of the house or maybe even using your intro paragraph to really highlight the differences between North and South street. I wanted very much to be able to picture the sharp contrast between the streets --more than just one had a dilapidated house and the other didn't. Or perhaps they are not that different at all, and the only reason there is such a distinction in the character's mind is because of how out of place the house looks --something that can definitely be described more! You also used the word 'stuff' a lot to describe the clutter in the home. I'm sure if you challenged yourself to think of different words, that alone would vastly improve the descriptions of the house. I also felt like the theme of friendship/letting go/embracing change was a bit forced at the end. Perhaps setting up some sort of conflict earlier in the storyline that shows how the character either needed to learn this lesson or has always exemplified it. I would have also loved to see a bit more background (not much) into the family. Are they poor, or just adamant about hard work? More showing would have been great here. Overall, really good!"