false 5795018 3 Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers.<br><br>As she recounts the final months of Beth’s life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles, and more questions. Was Beth’s death an accident? Why couldn’t Jennifer—or anyone else—save her?<br><br>Through Jennifer’s eyes, we see one girl’s failure to cross the threshold into adulthood as her family slowly falls apart. 5966981 2007 The Anatomy of Wings total:81|5:12|4:17|3:34|2:10|1:8| 81 258 222 30 3 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:18:58 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:48:05 -0800 2009
Set in a small Austrailian mining town in the late 7...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 05:08:07 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 05:11:41 -0700 2009
Her sister Beth is gone, and Jenny wants to understand why it all happened. At ten years old, she knows no one will tell her the truth, so she is determined to discover it for herself.

Her search begins...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 18 06:11:46 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 06:11:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:15:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:20:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:20:58 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:20:58 -0700 2009
Jenny's older sister Beth collapses by the lake one day. After that, Beth changes - and not in a good way. She begins to glow (not sparkle!) and she becomes a wild child. At 14 she is doing everything t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 03:19:19 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 03:19:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 09:03:11 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:14:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:50:04 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 07:17:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Apr 20 06:02:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 06:08:40 -0700 2009
There were so many things I loved about this book. The protagonist is a young girl who recaps the slow disintegration of her sister's (Beth) life after the sister's death. With her best friend, the two gir...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:42:48 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 07:20:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 18:25:06 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:09:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 17:33:28 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:27:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 22:47:51 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 22:48:26 -0700 2009 Being in a small mining town I related to the location of the book 100%. I found it so beautifully written, and it grippd me all the way through. I enjoyed the time line flicking back and f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:05:13 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:21:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:47:50 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:40:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 17:23:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 11:02:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 16:04:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 22:22:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 07:55:07 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 07:55:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 14:42:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 03:26:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:47:06 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:48:01 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5795018