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Summary: Miracles are Forever
Review: This book is about three boys (Ty'Ree, Charlie and Lafayette.) Their mom and dad both
died. So now Ty'Ree has to take care of Charlie and Lafayette. Charlie is not very good.
He was sent to Rahway, which is like a type of jail for kids. He tried to rob a candy store.
While Charlie was gone his mom died. Charlie is now friends with another mean person.
His name is Aaron. Ty'ree and Charlie are both very nice people. This was a very good
book for people between the ages of eleven and fourteen. This book kept me interested
pretty much throughout the whole book. It was very exciting. I would recommend this
book to anybody who is struggling with family problems, or anything else having to do
with their family. Ty'Ree is very smart. Ty'Ree passed up college to take care of Charlie
and Lafayette. He used to go to the park and launch off rockets with his friends. He was
accepted to MIT. People call him St. Ty'Ree since he is so nice. Lafayette (Laf) is always
very nice. He calls Charlie Newcharlie. This is because after Charlie went to Rahway he
came back mean. Charlie calls him a Milagro killer. This is because their mother's name
was Milagro. Spanish for miracle. When Charlie was in Rahway their mother died. Laf
was the first one to see his mother dead. She died of an insulin attack from her diabetes.
He didn't call for help for awhile. It wouldn't have mattered though because she was
already dead. Charlie still calls him Milagro killer though. Charlie used to like animals
like dogs and cats a lot. Once he tried to save a dog that was hit by a car. Almost everyday
he called the vet to see if it was still alive. Then, one day he called and it was dead. He
felt very sad about that. This book has many flashbacks in it. There is one where Ty'Ree
is having a flashback about his dad's death. He is climbing on a tree while his dad is
reading the newspaper. They are at the park. There isn't very many other people there.
All of a sudden somebody screams. A dog and a woman have fallen into a hole in the icy
lake. Ty'Ree's father jumps up from the bench he was sitting on and runs out to help the
lady and her dog. He grabs a tree branch and holds it out to the woman, but when she
grabs a hold of it, it breaks. His father jumps into the lake, saves the woman and the dog
then, comes out freezing cold. Paramedics are there and his father assures them he is fine.
A couple of days later he died of hypothermia. This was a very good book. I found it quite
exciting. The reason I didn't give it five stars was because it didn't really keep me glued
to my seat waiting for what would happen next. I gave this book four stars.
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Summary: Losing a Loved One
Review: This book is an exellent book for any youth between the ages of 9-13 years old. It helps the reader understand how losing a loved one really effects young poeple who may not completely understand death. This book presents the life of three young boys who survive without their parents by leaning on each other as they grieve and suffer with feeling of guilt for the death of their parents.
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Summary: Good story, but really sad and depressing
Review: This story is about three brothers whose parents are both dead. The oldest had to pass up going to MIT to take care of the other two. There are lots of times in the story that sad memories come up, and it's really sad. They struggle with things, but they overcome, and they realize how much each loves the other. It's a pretty good book, but I probably wouldn't read it again.
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Summary: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
Review: Three brothers, Ty'ree, 23, Charlie, 15 and LaFayette (Laf) 13 have become even more closely bound after the death of their mother. Laf, then 11 was with their mother, Milagro (Spanish for Miracle) when she died from complications from diabetes. He does not disclose what took place during that agonizing last day they had together.Laf's middle brother, Charlie, has become more distant and angry. He burns all but two pictures of their mother. He joins a street gang and ends up serving time in jail. Once released, Charlie has become harder and meaner. The brother Laf remembered as having cared about animals and their mother has been replaced by this hostile stranger. Ty'ree has turned down a chance to attend M.I.T. in order to raise his brothers. He and Laf are closely bonded and they share a common loss -- Ty'ree was present when the boys' father died and his experience is a sad parallel to Laf's experience when Milagro (Miracle) died. Miracle's Boys each find their own voice and way of coping. The boys discuss their rich racial heritage and how others interact with them based on this. The boys' mother was from Puerto Rico and their father was black. Early in the book, Charlie discusses the racial hierchy of street gangs in their New York neighborhood. This is a gritty, loving and very seious book that will leave an indelible impression on all who read it. Parts of it might make you cry. I highly recommend this one.
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Summary: This book
Review: You really need to read this book I'm reading it is school and my class loves it. All teachers need to let there kids read this.
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