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Title: Beat the Turtle Drum by Constance C. Greene, Donna Diamond ISBN: 0-8085-4247-8 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.15 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)
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: 2
Summary: "It's the Now that hurts!"
Comment: The title may be somewhat misleading, as this somber story is not about endangered species or a native tribe. Rather, it is the poignant portrait of a family--especially the relationship between two sisters--shattered by sudden, senseless devastation. Almost 11, Joss has longed to have her own horse--a dream about to come true on her birthday. But no one could foresee the disaster as family dynamics are irrevocably severed.
Narrated by 13-year-old Kate, this book reveals sisterly intimacies and suppressed rivalries, while praising the role of devoted friends and kindly adults. Far from saccharine, this book will lead young readers into serious reflection on the fragility of human life; the "personal myth" of teenagers precludes acceptance that tragedy could occur in their own family, or to their close friends or even themselves. Each person must cope with grief in his or her own way, for death is always hardest for those who remain behind.
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: The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ISBN: 0689804423 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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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: The Pushcart War by Jan Merrill ISBN: 0440471478 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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