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Jen posted a review at 2009-09-06 14:03:57.
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Review: Thirteen-year old Meg Chalmers couldn't be more different than her older sister Molly if she'd been adopted. Pretty, popular Molly finds it easy to make friends, stay tidy, and dreams of being a wife and mother. Meg can't imagine anything less appealing, and the two girls are often at odds. So when they are forced to share a room together in a small country house, Meg and Molly's relationship is strung to the last thread. Then Molly gets sick - really, really sick, and Meg has to deal with this news along with all the complications of growing up.I've always hated the title of this book because it sounds like it's better suited to a Christopher Pike thriller than to this gentle book about family tragedy and moving through it. I first read this book when I was around eleven, and it's been a favorite ever since; I re-read it every few years. Lowry has great skill at creating very real characters and situations with just a few carefully worded sentences, so that it becomes entirely feasible that a year has passed in only the 100 short pages of the story. What I always loved about this story is that, though the main event of the story is Molly's illness, the story is really about Meg's life, and as a result, the illness is just one part of the year Meg experiences. It doesn't dwell on the sickness, but yet it's always there. I always finish this story feeling nostalgic and introspective, and grateful for life. 
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A reader posted a review at 2009-08-25 01:05:52.
(Language: English)
I've never known the bond of having a sister but this book shed light on what sisterhood would be... love, compasion, sorrow, anger, hurt. A remarkable journey.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-05-02 16:42:38.
(Language: English)
I have read this book every year of my life since I was 13. It is beautifully written and deals with a very painful subject with great sensitivity. Although sad this book always makes me smile.
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.§.CrAcK.♥.sPiDeR.§. posted a review at 2009-04-15 22:28:06.
(Language: English)
I get all torn up inside just reading about this book, and I cried like a baby when I actually did.
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Susan posted a review at 2009-03-16 13:42:54.
(Language: English)
This is Lowry's first YA book, and she was a master even then at making the reader really connect with the protagonist.
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meli posted a review at 2009-03-05 00:43:54.
(Language: English)
luv it
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A reader posted a review at 2009-01-10 16:23:21.
(Language: English)
This is the first book I read that stuck with me. When I read it as a very young girl, I couldn't remember who the author was. 25 years later, I read The Giver which really spoke to me. Not surprising it's by same author!
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A reader posted a review at 2008-12-06 13:46:00.
(Language: English)
as a kid i loved this book, as an adult i love it even more. emotional and heart felt, life really is a circle.
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Jennifer posted a review at 2008-11-24 18:49:54.
(Language: English)
I very good book if you enjoy reading literature for young people. A book that deals with sisters, coming of age, terminal illness,the loss of a loved one and intergenerational relationships.
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