Waiting for Sarah

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Summary: great bk!!
Review: its an awesome book and no its not boring its really interesting and kind of "deep" but i like it [because it] was a little creepy about sarah and all though but overall its a gd bk!!

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Summary: Terrible change and recovery evolves
Review: Mike's parents and sister are dead, his legs are gone, and his life is shattered. He returns to school bitter and distant until he meets Sarah and discovers her secrets. Waiting For Sarah is a very finely written and highly recomended story of terrible change and recovery evolves.

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Summary: BORING!!!
Review: This book was ssssssssooooooooooooooooo boring! all it did was drag on and on about nothing that was important. In most books there is and interesting twist that makes you want to keep reading, but not this book! DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!!! IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!

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Summary: Stunning Book!
Review: Waiting for Sarah was an amazing read!

Mike was in an accident that killed his family and made him lose the lower part of his legs. His only family is his aunt. After a LONG absence from school, he returns. He is commisioned to make a project about the history of his school and town. While doing this, he meets a girl named Sarah. He learns a heart-wrenching secret about Sarah, and sets out to give her the peace she needs.

I was very impressed by James Heneghan's description of the Mike's grief. This is a stunning book, I reccomend it to males and females, 12+!!!!

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Summary: Mixed reaction
Review: While I appreciate the fact that the author attempted to tackle such heavy subject matter, I really didn't understand the point of the story. Was it a story about a boy learning to cope with his new life after the loss of his family and his legs? Or was it a ghost story? Somehow, I didn't quite understand how the two were supposed to fit together. As a result of the strange mix, I felt that Mike's problems were not really delved into as deeply as they could have been, and the ghost story seemed like a superfluous plot that was tacked on as the author started to shirk away from the heavy subject matter. Had it been just a straight ghost story, the whole issue of loss on Mike's part would have been unnecessary; why would he need to suffer such an enormous tragedy to work on the yearbook?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it seemed like the tragic elements were only added for shock value, and then cast aside in order to tell the ghost story. It could have been either a story of coping with loss, or a standard ghost story. Instead, the two were mixed and, as a result, the book didn't quite work.