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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

Annabel Pitcher

Audio CD | Pages: 222 pages

Rating: 4.01 | 12189 Users | 1552 Reviews

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Original Title:	My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
ISBN:	1409132889 (ISBN13: 9781409132882)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jamie Matthews, Jasmine Matthews, Sunya
Setting:	Lake District, Cumbria, England
Literary Awards:	Branford Boase Award (2012), Grampian Children’s Book Award Nominee (2013), Betty Trask Award (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2012)

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Ten-year-old Jamie hasn't cried since it happened. He knows he should have—Jasmine cried, Mum cried, Dad still cries. Roger didn't, but then he is just a cat and didn't know Rose that well, really. Everyone kept saying it would get better with time, but that's just one of those lies that grown-ups tell in awkward situations. Five years on, it's worse than ever: Dad drinks, Mum's gone and Jamie's left with questions that he must answer for himself. This is his story, an unflinchingly real yet heart-warming account of a young boy's struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart.

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Title	:	My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Author	:	Annabel Pitcher
Book Format	:	Audio CD
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 222 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2011 by Orion Publishing Group
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction

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Ive been sitting here for a bit trying to collect my thoughts enough that I can write the kind of coherent review this book deserves. There are so many things I want to speak about and discuss but at the same time, I wonder if it wouldnt be more appropriate to just ask you to please read this book. It might be the best one you read this year.The novel has the same poignant flavor as Tabitha Suzumas Forbidden. The same sort of intricate family politics and themes of self-discovery and friendship

You would expect a book written about a family who lost a child in a terrorist attack would be a tearjerker, possibly to the point of being manipulative. It's what I expected. But that isn't what Pitcher was writing about. In some ways, it's the exact opposite. Pitcher isn't writing about the rawness of new grief. This isn't about Jamie's grief over losing his sister, because he doesn't really feel grief. He doesn't remember her, never really knew her, and only misses her because of the hole her

This book is difficult to classify. Technically, it is a children's book; it has a 10 year old narrator, and the story is told entirely from his point-of-view. And yet, I'm more apt to describe this book as YA -- or "for everyone" who has grown up and had to deal with all of the losses, big and small, that life throws at you. (That should cover pretty much everyone.) Young Jamie has had to deal with loss on a spectacularly huge scale. His sister has died in a terrorist bombing five years before

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece takes place five years after bombs went off in London killing 62 people. The story follows the aftermath of the family of the youngest victim, Rose, from the perspective of her now 10-year-old brother, Jamie. Jamie's parents, unable to deal with the blame and guilt they place on one another, have finally split up. Jamie and Jas, Rose's twin, move with their father out into the country. One benefit, according to their father, is to get away from Muslims. After

Originally I was only going to give this four stars, but when a book can drive me to tears it automatically becomes a five star read. Assorted thoughts:1. The ending's very open ended and leaves some things unresolved. I'm not sure how I feel about that2. I really like Jamie, I think he's so sweet and adorable and I like the damn honesty in his voice. Kids are always so honest and I liked that in the narration.3. Jamie's relationship with his sister Jas is really cute.4. I like how all the

Well this was a surprising and bittersweet read. Jamie is precious and my heart aches for him. Sunya is amazing I love her. Jas is also pretty darn great and their parents are buttheads.