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A gentle middle reader of family, grief and friendship wrapped in mystery. Set in a certain small town in Utah that has hosted a successful Shakespearean Festival for the past 53 years--fictional Thorn Creek. Tender and delightful.
Equally beautiful on the second reading, for our Flashlight Reader’s Book Club. Lots of interesting extended metaphors and descriptions of grief and pain that I didn’t notice so much on the first reading. Loved it again.
Equally beautiful on the second reading, for our Flashlight Reader’s Book Club. Lots of interesting extended metaphors and descriptions of grief and pain that I didn’t notice so much on the first reading. Loved it again.
This is the story of how Cedar finally comes to terms with her grief over the death of her father and older brother who died a year before in a car accident. Spending the summer in her mother's hometown, she forms a friendship with a local boy working at the local theatre festival. It is a gentle story about grief.
Cedar's older brother had a moderate disability (autism?), and at first the story observed the taboo against saying anything negative about life with a disabled relative. This cultural ...more
Cedar's older brother had a moderate disability (autism?), and at first the story observed the taboo against saying anything negative about life with a disabled relative. This cultural ...more
A great story of painful loss, friendship and finding the new normal. I loved Cedar Lee and her brother Miles.
This is set in Cedar City and the Shakespeare Festival, though renamed for the book, which was fun for me, being someplace I'm familiar with. It is a slower read, one to be savored and ruminated over, w characters you would want to be friends with.
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A sweet, subtle and interesting reflection on loss and the power of a caring individual to help buffer some of the pain associated with losing a loved one. The story is also a nice coming of age tale of a 12 boy and girl that resists overdoing 12 year old kid relationships.
Realistic book dealing with death, friendship and every day life. I really enjoyed it.
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