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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) |
Annabel Pitcher
Audio CD | Pages: 301 pages Rating: 4.01 | 12189 Users | 1552 Reviews
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| Title | : | My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece |
| Author | : | Annabel Pitcher |
| Book Format | : | Audio CD |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 301 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2011 by Orion Publishing Group |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction |
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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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Ratings: 4.01 From 12189 Users | 1552 ReviewsCriticize Regarding Books My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Lynda already wrote everything I want to say about the book and the author so read her review.My addition is to say what a wonderful pleasure it was listening to David Tennant read the story to me. He really made Jamie come alive.An exceptional story raised even higher by an exceptional performance in audio!
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.
This is a bold, brilliantly written piece on family, loss and how to cope. Jamie Matthews is a 10-year old boy whose family has been ripped apart by tragedy. His sister Rose was killed in a terrorist bombing in London five years ago. Rose's twin, Jas, now lives totally in her shadow according to their parents, and Rose's ashes sit in an urn, almost taunting the Matthews family with her presence. Jamie's parents are a mess. His father is an alcoholic, raging against all Muslims for "killing" his
My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.Well, some of her does.A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe. This story follows ten-year-old Jamie, after one of his sisters died during a terrorist bombing, and the effects this has had within his family. His mother and father are separated, mother has found another lover, father has become a fervent Islamophobe, and his other sister Jas, lives in the shadow of Rose, the one that died. But Jamie meets a girl, a Muslim girl named Sunya,
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
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