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Title: Beat the Turtle Drum by Constance C. Greene, Donna Diamond ISBN: 0-14-036850-7 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: So beautiful, and so sad
Comment: I first read this book when I was eleven years old. For some reason, although it saddened me, it didn't seem real: I'd never known anybody my own age who had died, and I couldn't comprehend the grief of the older sister, Kate, when her little sister Joss died suddenly. Last year, however, my 7-year-old son died unexpectedly. The pain of such loss is incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't suffered such a terrible thing. Everything Kate describes in this book is so true: the rage at God, the anger that somebody else who 'deserved' to die didn't die instead, and most of all, the stillness, the emptiness where that little person used to be. When I read Kate's poem about her sister's empty bed, I wept and wept. I'm crying as I write this. Constance Greene has written a small masterpiece about the worst possible thing that life could throw at a person; it is a thing of rare beauty. And it will make you hug your children a little more often.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful - One of my favorites
Comment: I can't remember whether I saw the TV movie before I read this book, or vice versa. It matters not, because they're both excellent.
I always remembered this book and recently decided to order it from Amazon so I could re-read it. (I found my old childhood copy in my father's basement a month later, so now I have two).
The story is a magificent portrayal of a relationship between two loving, but very different sisters, Kate and Joss. Joss is somewhat of a "free spirit" and Kate clearly envies her that.
It is sweet, soft, gentle and heartbreaking at times, but I highly recommend that this book be in any young girl's (or 36-year-old girl's) book collection.
And, if you ever have the unlikely opportunity to see the TV version starting Melissa Sue Anderson ("Little House on the Prairie" and beautiful Katy Kurtzman (2-time guest-star on "Little House"), you must!
Rating: 5
Summary: a modern classic
Comment: I read this book in the 6th grade. My copy is downright ragged now but I still cherish it because it's a great story. Kate and Joss are two very different sisters and when tragedy strikes Kate learns about hope, the power of memory and the strength of her family.
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Title: I Will Remember You: What to Do When Someone You Love Dies: A Guidebook Through Grief for Teens by Laura Dower, Elena Lister ISBN: 0439139619 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars ISBN: 0140314202 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Jump Ship to Freedom by Christopher Collier, James Collier ISBN: 0440443237 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Children and Grief: When a Parent Dies by J. William Worden ISBN: 1572307463 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Guiding Your Child Through Grief by Mary Ann Emswiler, James P. Emswiler ISBN: 0553380257 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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