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Willa Joe is up on the roof at Aunt Patty's house.She went up to see the
sunrise, and Little Sister followed her, like she always does.But by
mid-morning, Willa Jo is still up on that roof, and she knows it wasn't just
the sunrise that brought her there.Audrey Couloumbis has perfectly
captured the pervasive feelings that can take hold when tragedy strikes--and
the slow, subtle revelations that come when one can finally get near to the
source.
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Great book for young girls, or any young reader
I liked this book a lot. Willa Jo and her sister are spending time at an Aunt's house after the death of their baby sister. They refuse to come off the roof. The youngest won't talk at all. The story is about the young girls learning to deal with loss, and healing and realizing love's healing power. It's a great book for a young reader.
Dealing with Grief
This story opens with Willa Jo sitting on her Aunt Patty's roof with her little sister, simply called Little Sister.When Aunt Patty realizes they are out there, she becomes very angry and tries to get them to come back inside.Willa Jo refuses.
The story goes on to explain the events that led up to Willa Jo sitting out on her aunt's roof.First of all, her very little sister, Baby, died recently.After Baby died, Little Sister stopped speaking altogether.Willa Jo and Little Sister lived with their mother; their father left to find work and never came home again.When Aunt Patty visited them after the death of Baby and found that their mother wasn't taking very good care of them, Aunt Patty took the two girls to her home for the summer.
Many things happen over the course of the summer that pit Willa Jo against her Aunt Patty.They are both stubborn and can't seem to agree on anything, from clothes to friends to what should be done about Little Sister's reluctance to speak.
Willa Jo is a very strong character, who stands up for herself and takes good care of Little Sister.I admired her for that.I like the unraveling of the mystery of Baby's death.I also really liked the Fingers characters, especially the friendship that forms between Little Sister and Isaac.
I didn't like how Willa Jo's mother allowed her two children to go with their aunt for the whole summer.It seems the grieving family would have helped each other more by staying together.
Getting Near to Baby
The book I read was Getting Near To Baby by Audrey Couloumbis. This book is a realistic fiction book. It is a good book and I recommend it.
In this book there is a girl named Willa Jo, a girl named "Little Sister", and a girl named "Baby". At the beginning of this story baby had died from drinking bad carnival water. Willa Jo, Little Sister, and their mom were very sad and didn't really keep up with their regular lifestyle. One day their Aunt Patty came and took Willa Jo and Little Sister till their mom got her life back on a regular schedule and had found a job. Willa Jo and Little Sister loved to sit on Aunt Patty's roof, which made Aunt Patty nervous, but they said that it made them feel closer to Baby in heaven.
I liked this book a lot. It was a sad book in parts but by the end it was better. This book is best suited for kids of the age 11 and up.I think this because you have to think of yourself in this situation and how you would feel. I put the age this way because this book has some flashbacks in the middle of the book so it is not a continuous story
Getting Near to Baby
Getting Near to Baby by Megha
I read Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis for my third book. In this book the main character Willa Jo and her little sister go to live with their Aunt Patty. They go to live with her because Willa Jo's Mom had a baby and later on the baby died. The main conflict throughout this book was getting over the loss of baby. The baby died from drinking bad water at a carnival. Willa Jo her mom and little sister all had a very hard time getting through the death of baby. Little Sister has not talked since baby's death and no one knows why she won't talk. So when Aunt Patty comes over, their house is a mess and they all are very thin because they have not been eating very much. Aunt patty decides to take Willa Jo and little sister for the summer so their mom could have some time to her self and find a job. During there stay at Aunt Patty's house they get home sick and miss their mom. When Willa Jo and little Sister were still at home they would watch the sunrise together with their mom, this would always remind them of baby because they believed that baby is with the angles. Willa Jo and little sister would climb on to the roof and watch the sunrise. Aunt Patty gets very frustrated with them so she sends their Uncle Hob to get them down. In the end every thing works out and little sister finally says they were up on the roof because they were "getting near to baby" and that's where the title comes from.
This book was usually exciting to read there were a few slow parts in the book which made it boring at times. I was able to feel like I was in the book a points because they lived basic lives. I think that the main conflict was interesting because it is hard to get over someone that you love. I think that all of the characters in this book could be real because this story was realistic. I think that this books ending was satisfying because everything turned out to be all right even when many bad things happened in the book.
Audrey Couloumbis had a very unique writing style throughout the book little sister's real name was not mentioned neither was the mom's, or baby's. I think this is because this book was written from Willa Jo's point of view. The author's voice was clam. There was some challenging vocabulary in this book. The author used description very well to describe what was going on which made you feel like you were in the book. Dialogue was also used well you could always tell when someone was talking even if there wasn't any quotation marks. Another unique characteristic about the author's writing style was that the story was written in a unique order. You didn't find out how baby died until the middle of the book and then the story went back to where it was I liked this but, this made the book confusing to read.
I would rate this book an eight out of ten stars because I liked the story but, the book got boring and slow at points. I liked how the story was realistic and the author's unique writing style. I didn't like how the book was slow paced and long. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a unique story and a long, slow paced book.
I liked this book and from it I learned that you have to move on with your life. This book was written in a very unique way and had a great story. This book has won a Newberry Honor medal I think it disserved to win for the unique writing style and great story. Overall Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis is an amazing book and has an inspiring story.
Getting Near to Baby
i really like this book it is the book of the mouth in my book club so no i have not read all of the book but sofar it is good
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