"I might as well tell you before you hear it someplace else...
My mother is dying. She has leukemia and she came here to die." Nathan a... read full description
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Oct 10, 2011
Sam
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This book is amazing. The story of both of Liz and Nathan's tragic losses somehow winds into a perfect story of love and tragedy. Liz is a down-to-earth narrator who uses music as her way of escaping from her run-of-the-mill life. As it is with most books of this genre, at least one of Liz's parents is slightly scatterbrained and nonchalant when it comes to caring for Liz, and this explains her extreme independence and the need she feels to always be at peace with her mother.
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Nov 23, 2008
Erin
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When Liz Scattergood's grandmother, Bunny, passes away, her entire family is shocked. Her mother does not handle this well, and begins to attend a Spiritualist church because she believes they can help her communicate with Bunny from beyond the grave.
Liz does not know what to think of this. Just when she begins to recover from the first punch, a new boy moves into the neighborhood with his sister and mother - who has terminal cancer.
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Liz does not know what to think of this. Just when she begins to recover from the first punch, a new boy moves into the neighborhood with his sister and mother - who has terminal cancer.
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May 28, 2009
Celestasaurus
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Liz was in a state of shock after Bunny, her grandmother, died. Bunny was active, interesting, and lively. Everyone found it unbelievable that her life ended so abruptly. Liz's mother, for one, became severely depressed, and when she was offered the chance to speak to Bunny spiritually, she jumped at the offer. Liz didn't know what to make of Spiritualism. She found it disconcerting that her mother spent so much more time with her dead mother than her living daughter. This new religion, we
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Jun 17, 2008
Tenara
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I think that the author was trying REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to sound like a teenager, which sort of took something away from the story. I mean, it was a great premise and I would have loved it a lot more if the woman just let go of her inhibitions and written naturally. Everything that was said was very forced.
Liz's grandmother, Bunny, has just died and has driven her mother into a fit of depression. To get rid of her sadness, Liz's mother decides to go to a weird Spiritua More...
Liz's grandmother, Bunny, has just died and has driven her mother into a fit of depression. To get rid of her sadness, Liz's mother decides to go to a weird Spiritua More...
Dec 20, 2011
Jennifer
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It was bad enough when fifteen-year-old Liz Scattergood's grandmother, Bunny, died. It's even worse now that her mother seems to have gone crazy. For weeks her mom wouldn't get out of bed, wouldn't eat dinner with Liz and her father, wouldn't even brush her hair. Although Liz understands that her mother and Bunny had a special bond, were more like sisters, in fact, than mother and daughter, Liz doesn't understand the extreme depression. That was alm More...
It was bad enough when fifteen-year-old Liz Scattergood's grandmother, Bunny, died. It's even worse now that her mother seems to have gone crazy. For weeks her mom wouldn't get out of bed, wouldn't eat dinner with Liz and her father, wouldn't even brush her hair. Although Liz understands that her mother and Bunny had a special bond, were more like sisters, in fact, than mother and daughter, Liz doesn't understand the extreme depression. That was alm More...
Dec 19, 2007
Debbie
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My overall impression of this book is one of calmness, despite its depiction of family upheavals resulting from the sickness and death of loved ones. I think it's because Liz, despite her own struggles, is the dependable one in the story (along with her dad - I liked him too), trying to support her grieving mother as well as her new neighbors across the street whose mother is dying of leukemia.
This sounds like a heavy plot, but Ellen Wittlinger balances the sadness and confusion with h More...
This sounds like a heavy plot, but Ellen Wittlinger balances the sadness and confusion with h More...
Jul 28, 2011
Breanna
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this is one of the best books i've ever read. it really jumps into the emotions one goes through when losing someone very close to them. the relationship that liz and nathan were able to come into was one of the most perfect book relationships i've ever seen. ellen wittlinger is a brilliant writer and i would suggest this book to anyone and everyone. it was very well written and one of the best books ever published, in my opinion.
Aug 31, 2010
Zoe
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After having this book on my bookshelf for several years, I finally decided to read it. I became totally absorbed, learning the affects that a death can have on a family, and how much a friendly neighbor can make a difference. The author wrote this book so a person who may not have had these experiences first hand was easily able to feel the pain, frustration, and sadness that the two main families went through.
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Oct 18, 2009
Toni
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A lot happens in the book! Liz's grandmother dies, and her mother enters a deep depression. The thing that draws her out of it is a church that can contact the dead. The neighbor across the street has terminal cancer. A possible divorce, a romance. A strange church experience. A lot going on here, but it makes for a good read.
Jul 20, 2009
Cheryl
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Layered story of a teenaged girl whose mother (a potter) turns to a spiritualist church after the death of her mother. Combines family strife, friendship, romance, death, illness and religion in an interesting read that tugged at my emotions. A small complaint... the last line, although okay, was only okay.
Jan 06, 2012
Kerith
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I really enjoy Ellen Wittlinger's books and this one is no different. Liz's grandmother, Bunny, has just died, and Liz's mom copes with this by attending a Spiritualist church in hopes of reaching Bunny on the other side. Liz spends most of the story battling with her mother, wanting to be her daughter as much as her mother was Bunny's. It's an interesting relationship where the teen seems more adult than the mom.
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Adding to the mix is a neighbor, dying of leukemia, who has brought her two kids ba More...
Oct 12, 2009
Amanda
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A teen book about grief and loss and friendship and family; and about searching for answers to some of those "big" questions about faith and spirituality and God. I like that it deals honestly with tough subjects without trying to give you all the answers, but it's hopeful rather than depressing.
Jun 25, 2010
Not what I was expecting having read other Wittlinger stuff, especially for an introduction. I couldn't sustain my interest and will move on to other books. I expected gritty and overtly sexualized teens, instead I'm reading about a girl looking for her mother's love and affection.
Jan 05, 2009
KiNZiE
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This book was in a way different from books that i tipically read. It has many of the elements that are in books i read,but the story to it was kind of different. Like, it has a teenage girl and of course an imaginably cute guy, but there are certain parts that just get weird.
Jun 06, 2010
Kate
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Ellen Wittlinger is an author that I have much to learn from. I absolutely loved and cried over her first book, "Hard Love," and "Blind Faith" is something definitely worth reading.
Framed by two funerals, the story is an exploration of faith and relationships in crisis.
Framed by two funerals, the story is an exploration of faith and relationships in crisis.
Nov 02, 2010
Sue
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Wittlinger did a good job capturing the upheaval in the mind of a teen who encounters death, first of her grandmother and then a friend's mother. I'm not sure I liked the questioning of God (sometimes referred to as "he, she or it," but I could see where the character would be askig questions like she asked.
Feb 26, 2010
Thorn
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Teen reading challenge. I was all excited to read this since it was supposed to be about atheism vs. spiritualism within a relationship, but that part fizzled and the rest was melodrama. Sad.
Oct 12, 2008
Melinda
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I saw it several times at the library, but I didn't really want to read this book. The blurb described it as exploring "how a loved one's death impacts those left behind." Not a very fun read. But I ended up picking it up once I'd read all of Wittlinger's other books at the library. And I ended up enjoying it a lot — not the torture and sorrow I expected. Wittlinger's characters are complex and engaging. She mixes serious themes — here death, parent-child relations, religion — with fun
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Aug 29, 2010
Funny Face
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this book hase its own ring to it the things she had done and the things she had said are rational. this is one of the few good books i read.
Mar 30, 2011
Darci
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Blind Faith is a book about Grief, lose, hope, and love. It's a really great book and I'd recommend it to anyone.
Feb 27, 2009
Bookworm
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I thought that this was a great book. It was very sad, but at the same time happy. It was very moving.
Nov 29, 2009
Tori
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Great book! I loved the plot and there was awesome character development. I just didn't really believe the dialog sometimes. At some points it just didn't seem teeanger enough. Like you could tell someone besides a real teen wrote this. We seriously aren't that open with each other sometimes.
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Aug 15, 2009
Stephanie
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Blind Faith was okay. Just okay though. The writing was kind of flat in my opinion, it didn't make me admire it. I also felt it wasn't really concluded properly, and the characters were pretty typical.
It was okay and a quick read but nothing fantastic.
It was okay and a quick read but nothing fantastic.
Jun 07, 2008
Toni
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Death and communication with the dead. hMMMMMM. The book picks up your interest as it starts with a funeral/death right on the first page. The story builds well and is well-written. I like the premise but it does become a little more involved as it deals with issues about mothers and daughters and weaves itself into a secondary story which is also about death but also deals with boy-girl relationships. This was a simply written book, interesting enough but not a great read. It wouldn't be
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Mar 16, 2008
Jan
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After Liz Scattergood’s grandmother Bunny dies, Liz’s mom spirals into a deep depression. Liz misses Bunny terribly, but she is worried about her mother, especially when she begins attending a spiritualist church that claims to be able to contact Bunny’s spirit. Then Liz meets a new neighbor, Nathan, whose family has just moved in with Nathan’s grandmother. Nathan’s mother is terminally ill and his cantankerous grandmother is not much support. Because of their common experience, Nathan and L
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Dec 26, 2008
Abbey
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such a cute book! It really relates to kids who have a sick family member.
Aug 18, 2011
Kirsten
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Interesting snapshot of grief, self assurance, and discovering what you believe in and what you're willing to consider for others. Definitely a good one for acceptance of others.
Jul 06, 2008
Emily
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I had to read this book for class. I enjoy well written young adult books but this is definitely not one of them. The dialog is extremely unrealistic, none of the characters are developed or at all likable. I'm trying to remember the main character's name and I cant- even though I only read it last week.That's how forgettable she was.The ending is very forced- her mother has been a distant, immature mother to her daughter for her whole life suddenly decides she is sorry and is going to change.
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