Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

Name: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Virginia Hamilton
ISBN: 9780525624073

Author: Virginia Hamilton

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 03/06/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

The first time Teresa saw Brother was the way she would think of him ever after. Tree fell head over heels for him. It was love at first sight in a wild beating of her heart that took her breath. But it was a dark Friday three weeks later when it rained, hard and wicked, before she knew Brother Rush was a ghost.

Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? Was it to help Dab, her retarded older brother, wracked with mysterious pain? Was it for her mother, Vy, who loved them the best she knew how, but wasn't home enough to ease the terrible longing?

Whatever secrets he held, Tree knew she must follow. She must follow Brother Rush through the magic mirror, and find out the truth. About all of them.

About The Author

Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, in recognition of her entire body of work. Virginia writes first for the pleasure of using words and language to evoke characters and their world, and in historical accounts such as Anthony Burns, the lives of real people. Secondly, Hamilton writes to entertain, to inspire in people the desire to read on and on good books made especially for them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ann on February 10, 2013

Virginia Hamilton had an uncanny ability to authentically express the imagination and terrors of childhood. She also--seemingly effortlessly--introduced African American culture and vernacular into her books in a way that is a little less rare today. This book won the Newbery Honor in 1983. Tree live......more

Goodreads review by Heven on March 08, 2012

I obtained a copy of Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush from Net Galley for review . It took me a long time to get into this book as the language and dialect took a lot of getting used to as there was a lot of slang and street lingo that was used, which for me is what made it hard to get read. It’s one thi......more

Goodreads review by Agnė on April 06, 2018

2.5 out of 5 The story in Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush is slow-paced and at times seems a little bit underdeveloped. For instance, (view spoiler)[why should we care that Brother Rush killed himself instead of being killed in a car accident? (hide spoiler)] Also, the ending is a little bit too neat and unnaturally optimistic. And w......more

Goodreads review by Elsie on October 13, 2013

The story is interesting and unique as it explores family relationships intertwined with the supernatural.......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on January 14, 2013

I'm glad our instructor briefed us on "the 30 minute read."......more