My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Rilegato

Pitcher, Annabel

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ISBN 10: 0316176907 ISBN 13: 9780316176903

Casa editrice: Little Brown & Co, 2012

Riassunto

My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece. Well, some of her does. A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe.
To ten-year-old Jamie, his family has fallen apart because of the loss of someone he barely remembers: his sister Rose, who died five years ago in a terrorist bombing. To his father, life is impossible to make sense of when he lives in a world that could so cruelly take away a ten-year-old girl. To Rose's surviving fifteen year old twin, Jas, everyday she lives in Rose's ever present shadow, forever feeling the loss like a limb, but unable to be seen for herself alone.

Told with warmth and humor, this powerful novel is a sophisticated take on one family's struggle to make sense of the loss that's torn them apart... and their discovery of what it means to stay together.

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Recensione:

-An ALA 2013 Notable Books for Children Pick-A Kirkus Best Children's Book List Selection-"Most Deftly Handled" Atlantic Wire 2012 YA/Middle-Grade Award

* "[A] striking debut. Realistic, gritty, and uplifting."―Kirkus (starred review)

* "Straddles that fine line between funny and tragic... As a study of grief's collateral damage, it deals with the topic realistically without losing sight of hope."―Booklist (starred review)

* "In this powerfully honest, quirkily humorous debut novel...Pitcher tackles grief, prejudice, religion, bullying, and familial instability."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

* "Compelling and believable...by turns heartbreaking and hysterically funny... This is an important book that could be used in classes and book-discussion groups. Don't let it fall through the cracks."―School Library Journal (starred review)

"It lives off the page. It has a warmth you can bask in; an honesty you can cut with a knife." ―The Guardian UK

L'autore:

Annabel Pitcher is the award-winning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece. She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Little Brown & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316176907
• ISBN 13: 9780316176903
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 214