Ellen's Book of Life (Ellen Fremedon)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0888998538 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Parents should read for perspective not children" according to parent-in-bloom. While at the library with my 10 year old daughter, we were looking ahead to summer reading and I suggested that this book looked interesting. I had read the back cover but not the inside dust jacket info. We got into the car and she was anxious to begin reading the book while we waited for her brother's baseball
From School Library Journal Grade 5–7—In this adventure, events in Ellen's life move at such a dizzying pace that it's hard for readers to keep up. Mum left a letter encouraging Ellen to find and get to know her birth mother. Ellen is asked to fill in for someone at a debating tournament, and although she has never competed before and the judge berates her for her sloppy appearance, she wins first place. . As summer begins, she visits a friend in Toronto, but is quickly called home to Partridge Cove with the news that her mother, who suffered from MS, has di
And, as always, Ellen's cheeky twin brothers lighten the mood whenever discussions at the family dining table start getting a little too serious.. Then she finds a letter her mother has left her, which piques her natural curiosity and sets her on a new mission. As a traumatized Ellen shuts out her best friend, Jenny, her father, brothers, and grandmother all try to cope with their grief and loss — sometimes in infuriating ways. She's just won a provincial public speaking contest, and her new