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Title: A Summer to Die
ISBN: 0385734204
Author:
Lois Lowry
Publicate Date: 2007-04-24
Publish: 2007-04-24
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: It's a summer to die all right
Lowis Lowry has a few special qualities to her work, having read most her work which could qualify for adults. This books opens with two sisters in a spat, drawing a line across their shared bedroom with chalk. That side yours, this side mine.. But as you can imagine from the name of the book, such differences fall to the way side.
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2: Meeting an old friend
I read this book in school than we moved and I lost it, it was like meeting an old friend again
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3: Nothing good from it
Yes, this book was well-written. However, it wasn't believable that a 13 year old read it. This book was very bland in lacking. It was bland and lacking because Meg never grew. Nor did she ever bond with her sister. She didn't learn anything from her life. I kept wanting her to learn more about herself or learning something from her sister. But her sister was just more of a subplot. The book mainly focused on Meg's photography and friendship with the neighbors.
Even when she told Will she thought she was ugly, he made her promise that she would come back to a certain plant grow into its beauty. I thought that finally Meg would learn something from that plant and about her own beauty. When she came back, Will simply showed her the plant and how it pretty it was. He never connected her and the plant together.
The book never went into Molly's funeral or how Meg felt about losing her sister. All she cared about was returning to the house the next summer to visit the neighbors again! Then all of a sudden in the end, there's suddenly a picture of Meg that had been taken at the funeral! Where did that come from!?!? This book was lacking and boring. Nothing is learned from it. It's just about a selfish girl who likes to take photography with her old neighbor. Her parents also never really pay attention to her. Do they get closer at the end? NOPE!
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4: A poignant, warm story evolves.
Meg's family moves to a small house in the country so her father can finish his book - and Meg faces many changes: sharing a room with her older sister Molly, making new friends. Her new friendships with an elderly neighbor and a young couple are just introducing her to newfound photography skills when Molly falls ill, and Meg must confront developing her friendships and skills and saying goodbye to her sister. A poignant, warm story evolves.
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5: a summer to die
Although having an older sister that's pretty and also can wear makeup and is attractive can be frustrating, sisters should try hard to like each other. In the beginning of Lois Lowry's fictional novel A Summer To Die Meg the youngest sister is a smart kid with the normal big glasses. Her older sister Molly is your normal popular teen that likes to ware makeup and all the boys like her she is messy and hates to clean up after herself. Meg is sick of this so she takes some chalk and draws a line In the middle of their room. She states this side is mine and I can do what I want with it and the other side is yours you can keep it as messy as you want.
Even though this book title sounds interesting at the beginning, it's very boring. More in the middle it is more interesting because the blood and death happens. The ages I would recommend for this book is eight and up because young boys like blood and like to read about girls dieing, I would think both boys and girls could read this book but more boys because boys are more interested to read about blood and death.
I know brothers and sisters can be annoying but you should appreciate them because you don't know if they will die or get sick. My opinion of Summer To Die is it is very boring at first then again so are all books but if you keep reading it gets sad and exiting and it teaches you to appreciate your family and annoying siblings. ENJOY!
Although having an older sister that's pretty and also can wear makeup and is attractive can be frustrating, sisters should try hard to like each other. In the beginning of Lois Lowry's fictional novel A Summer To Die Meg the youngest sister is a smart kid with the normal big glasses. Her older sister Molly is your normal popular teen that likes to ware makeup and all the boys like her she is messy and hates to clean up after herself. Meg is sick of this so she takes some chalk and draws a line In the middle of their room. She states this side is mine and I can do what I want with it and the other side is yours you can keep it as messy as you want.
Even though this book title sounds interesting at the beginning, it's very boring. More in the middle it is more interesting because the blood and death happens. The ages I would recommend for this book is eight and up because young boys like blood and like to read about girls dieing, I would think both boys and girls could read this book but more boys because boys are more interested to read about blood and death.
I know brothers and sisters can be annoying but you should appreciate them because you don't know if they will die or get sick. My opinion of Summer To Die is it is very boring at first then again so are all books but if you keep reading it gets sad and exiting and it teaches you to appreciate your family and annoying siblings. ENJOY!
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