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Summary: A Summer To Die
Review: This book was very realistic and tought the true meaning of family. If a child has not experienced the death of a close family member, this shows how it effects the family's bond. You really feel like you are related to Meg and Molly! It was a great book!
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Summary: I.M. Intelligent
Review: This book was a good book. It was very well written and rather enjoyable. I recommend this book to middle school girls because it is an easier book to read and is about two sisters.
A Summer To Die took place in the "boonies", or out of town, mostly. The Chalmers have to move because the father has to write a book and needs quiet. The move is only temporary but still the two girls dislike it. Eventually they adjust.
The protagonist, Meg Chalmers is a friendly, average girl who is into photography. She and her older sister, Molly, fight frequently, like any other two siblings. One day after they have gotten into one of their predicaments Molly gets one of her nosebleeds. She gets these nosebleeds when she is stressed. This one is not like all the others though, and Molly has to be rushed to the hospital. The doctor says that her blood does not clot right and gives her pills to take. Molly starts to change dramatically; she is more moody and easily set off. She also does not have the same interests, such as babies, boys, and looking pretty, as she did previous to taking the medicine. She takes up new hobbies such as flowers, which she never would have done before.
Overall I found this book to be very good. It has happy, sad, suspenseful and very intriguing parts to it. Middle School girls would probably enjoy this book most. A Summer To Die was a good book that was enjoyable and fun to read.
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Summary: A summer to die
Review: A summer to die is a wonderful story, and sad story about two sisters. Molly has always been pretty, popular and never had trouble making friends, her sister Meg envys her she even becomes mad at Molly because she is so beautiful but one night when Molly is rushed to the hospital and is diagnosed with leukimia ands is only coming home to die meg soon realises that there is something more important than beauty. Friendship and Love
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Summary: A Summer to Die
Review: Do you think Meg in the story A Summer to Die was happy when she gets stuck sharing a room with her older sister, Molly? Well guess what, she wasn't because she couldn't stand her sister's beauty! They moved to a smaller country, so Meg has to get used to a lot of things. As the sister just got used to the house, Meg feels Molly is being a real grump. Her complaint is not new. When Molly was rushed to the hospital, Meg has to trust the fact that something is wrong with her sister. That's the day Meg's world has changed. Do you think it is too late to sow what Meg really feels about her sister? Do you think Molly dies?
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Summary: A story of growing up.
Review: I first read this book when I was twelve and have read it again and again since. Lowery expresses so well the bond between sisters that I felt with mine, which is the main reason this story touches me so deeply. It's a wonderful story about a girl discovering who she is and growing into a confident, determined young woman.
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Summary: A Summer to Die
Review: I admit that I haven't read this book in fifteen years, but that story that I read in the third grade influences me still. The reality of dealing with the death of a loved one, especially my sister, did not occur to me before I read this book, and I am grateful for the impact that it had on me. After reading it, I had a new appreciation for those around me and the delicate nature of life. And even though after my sister read this book she mocked me by saying that I had leukemia everytime I had a nose bleed, the story served to strenghten our bond. I am thrilled to see that it's still available to buy.
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Summary: This book made me realize that I was not alone...
Review: I'm an eighth grader, and two years ago my whole world was turned upside down. My older cousin Leigha died of leukemia. I was devastated. She was 6 years older than me, but she was still my best friend.I was given A Summer to Die as a gift shortly after Leigha died. The first time I read it, I cried the whole way through. This book was so much like my own life, that I was scared when read it. This book also made me realize that I am not alone. Other people in the world have the same problem. This book was very touching, and full of reality. Lois Lowry doesn't shy away from sad and awkward subjects. She puts them into to words to show that no one is alone in this world.
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Summary: Potentially Traumatic
Review: I read this book when I was about 10 (many years ago now!), and I was so horrified by it that I hid it in the linen closet of our family home, under a pile of blankets, so that I wouldn't have to look at it anymore. It bothered me a great deal, and I developed a paranoia that I would contract (or had already contracted) leukemia myself. I think it's important that children who are fearful of death do not read this one without supervision and feedback.One nice thing about the book: It introduced me to the fine poet Gerald Manley Hopkins, author of "To Spring" ("Margaret, are you grieving/ over goldengrove unleaving?"). I love it when children's books take inspiration from classic literature.
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Summary: Memorable and Useful
Review: In Lois Lowry's 1977 novel A Summer to Die, the author constructed an intimate and effective piece of first person, realistic fiction. The narrative is from the perspective of a thirteen-year-old girl who is going through experiences and perceptions typical of the age. Meg, the thirteen-year-old, envies her older sister, Molly, for her outward appearance and popularity while expounding her own awkwardness. Meg's family makes a move to the country to enable her father to complete thesis work and this move compounds Meg's feelings of awkwardness as she must adjust to a new school and make new friends, which is difficult for Meg while simple for Molly. Meg befriends the owner of the property, which her family has rented, and through this friendship, explores and discovers her inner strength as a maturing young lady. The novel's climax is unique as Meg must draw on strength she did not know was possible. This novel would be an excellent choice as both a supplementary piece in the classroom during a unit on personal growth or death. In addition, I would recommend A Summer to Die to students as a "choice novel" for sustained silent reading.
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Summary: okay i guess
Review: this book is a really easy book to read...in all actuality..this book was actually kind of boring...the author did do a good job on detail and explaining all the characters and their background but frankly this book was really boring...the only way i would reccommend this book is as an easy way out of a book report or if there is nothing better to do! i don't kno how many times i'm gonna have to say this but ppl from montana are not hicks! so stop the sterotyping!
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