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    Level 6 Rhiana

    Member since 03/04/2009

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    5 Stars Powerful and Touching...not to be missed 22/03/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Touching, simplistic and beautiful. Will make you laugh and cry. Cross over appeal, wonderful book

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None, there isn't anything bad to say.

    Ten Year old Jamie has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and sister, hopeful for a fresh start. It's been Five years since his other sister, Rose was killed by a terrorist bomb in London and tore their family apart. His Dad has turned to alcohol, his mother walked out to be with the man from the support center a few weeks ago and his sister Jas, Rose's twin, isn't eating and has started piercing her body and dying her hair pink. But Jamie can't really remember Rose, whose urn has stood on the mantelpiece for the last few years, he just wants his Mum to come home and to not have to ... more
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    5 Stars Family breakdown as narrated by a ten year old 27/07/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An excellent YA offering - sensitive, comic and comprehensible

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some readers may be irritated by the lack of definite closure

    When running reading groups for work, I have found that following the Berkshire Book Award is not always as fun as following the Carnegie Medal. The books are chosen by the teenagers themselves, which means names like Jacqueline Wilson and Darren Shan tend to be prominent and popularity often seems to win over originality. All of which meant that I was quite pleased to spot ‘My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece’ on the shortlist as it is an offering from a new author and looked like it had the potential to be quite interesting. (Alright, I was smitten by the title.) The idea Ten year old Jamie ... more
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