Getting Near to Baby

السن المستهدف: من ١٢-١٥ سنة النوع الأدبي: أدب واقعي A flashback was running throughout my mind. I remembered feeling with estrangement every time i had to be separated from my mother when I was a child. Like Willa Jo, my home wasn't the perfect example of a happy childhood sanctuary. But without being......more

Come watch the sunrise on Aunt Patty and Uncle Hob's roof with thirteen year old Willa Jo and her seven-year old grief stricken, mute "Little Sister." It is hot and steep and dangerous, but the view allows a vista different from what is happening inside the grieving souls of two lonely, heart-broken......more

"Getting Near to Baby" is a tragic story about two unique sisters who have lost everything due to a dead family member. The younger lost her ability to speak, and the older lost her true identity; causing her to hide behind this image of "prim and proper", as her aunt describes their hideous looking......more

It takes much time and effort for these children to get near to baby. Poor, poor baby. And I thought when I got my braces off it was emotional enough! This book made me cry a lot! Every page was heartbreaking. After finishing, I was so sad. However, as months passed by, I found my confidence and mot......more