The Other Shepards

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Summary: An interwoven, rich tapestry of fantasy and reality
Review: For Holland and Geneva Shepard, the ghosts of their other siblings overpower them and their parents, making them live in the past and not the present. This book starts off as a seemingly realistic book and which gradually blends with surrealism and the physcy. I especially enjoyed the rich imagery- like the mural the girls painted with Annie, the book is a rich painting of the lives of two very close sisters.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read.
Review: I can confidently state that Adele Griffin, when I read her other books, will probably become one of my favorite authors. I LOVED "The Other Shepards". My older brother died in a car wreck when I was a toddler, too young to really know or remember, so I sort of understand what Holland and Geneva were going through. (I loved their names. I wish I had a name like Geneva.) Holland seemed to be the realistic older sister -- wishing to help Geneva but becoming understandably impatient at times with her sister's bizarre behavior. I didn't realize Annie was a ghost till the end, though I thought she seemed pretty peculiar. Not much actually happened in the story -- I'd call it a novel of adjustment -- but it was a pleasant read. I'd highly recommend it.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read.
Review: I can confidently state that Adele Griffin, when I read her other books, will probably become one of my favorite authors. I LOVED "The Other Shepards". My older brother died in a car wreck when I was a toddler, too young to really know or remember, so I sort of understand what Holland and Geneva were going through. (I loved their names. I wish I had a name like Geneva.) Holland seemed to be the realistic older sister -- wishing to help Geneva but becoming understandably impatient at times with her sister's bizarre behavior. I didn't realize Annie was a ghost till the end, though I thought she seemed pretty peculiar. Not much actually happened in the story -- I'd call it a novel of adjustment -- but it was a pleasant read. I'd highly recommend it.

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Summary: Great characters
Review: I, too, suffer from OCD and I could relate so well to her rituals and phobias. Perhaps she seems unbelievable to those who have never suffered from or encountered another person who suffers from OCD, but the behavior is just as odd as Griffin portrays it.

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Summary: I thought that Nyeve shouldnt have died.
Review: The book was about these two kids who tried to convinse there parents to get over there childrens death.Holland meet Annie, which is a nick- name for Elizabeth, which is Hollands and Geveva dead sister. I think that it was there sister made up in there mind because they wanted to know them so much.I also think this because when they were on the air plane going to Saint German nobody but them noticed annie,and when they were in the museam nobody noticed her either and how she kept dissapearing fo an example when they were at the phisicks Hplland went to introduce her and annie was noweare to be found. I am going to encourge kids to read this book and hopefully you will to.

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Summary: This is a wonderfully written book!
Review: The characters were very three-dimensional. I most loved the character of Holland's younger sister, Geneva. The portrayal of her obsessive compulsive disorder was very well done. The way the author described it reflected a very accurate understanding of the disorder-- I know because I have obsessive compulsive disorder myself! The innocence and wonder of childhood is captured in her personality. You will be laughing at one moment, and in the next crying. I would recommend this book to all ages!

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Summary: n/a
Review: this is a really great book! from the start u are drawn into the story and the main charachters. the story is about thier time spent w/annie, a sort of imaginary friend and how holland and her sister discover new things about themselves and learn to sort of live thier lives in the present instead of basing it on the past. it's kinda hard to explain but i reallly recommend reading it for yourself!

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Summary: very good and moving
Review: this was a great book. its about two sisters the younger has ocd and the older has to take care of her. if thats not enoguh they feel constanly compared to there older siblings who died years before. then a painter nmaed a nnie comes in to there life and makes it better.

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Summary: very good and moving
Review: this was a great book. its about two sisters the younger has ocd and the older has to take care of her. if thats not enoguh they feel constanly compared to there older siblings who died years before. then a painter nmaed a nnie comes in to there life and makes it better.

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Summary: A fabulous story!
Review: This was a novel that brought it's character's breath into your own. It was a book that made you feel very close and connected to the people in it, as though you knew some hidden personal knowledge. You never felt distanced from the action, it was always touchabley close to you. It was in a sense "a perfect novel" because it had many different angles to the plot, and you could never quite put your finger on what intrigued you about it. Geneva was a very enjoyable relief in the story, her obsessive compulsive behaviors made her like your own sister. Holland was the perfect older sister in a characteristical sense, she had a very understandable personality. I found myself enjoying the novel very much because it was an ever shifting story; it was very interesting to see how the plot was veiled to the reader, and yet it was always just a step ahead. This was a terrific story, and I recomend it to anyone who like a good shape-shifting story.