A Summer to Die
- Author Lois Lowry
- Narrator Andi Arndt
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 16 December 2014
- Run Time 3 hours and 26 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: siblings.
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Acclaimed author Lois Lowry's first novel, A Summer to Die is a poignant and perceptive tale of love and tragedy.
Meg isn't thrilled when she gets stuck sharing a bedroom with her older sister Molly. The two of them couldn't be more different, and it's hard for Meg to hide her resentment of Molly's beauty and easy popularity. But now that the family has moved to a small house in the country, Meg has a lot to accept.
Just as the sisters begin to adjust to their new home, Meg feels that Molly is starting up again by being a real nuisance. But Molly's constant grouchiness, changing appearance, and other complaints are not just part of a new mood. And the day Molly is rushed to the hospital, Meg has to accept that there is something terribly wrong with her sister. That's the day Meg's world changes forever. Is it too late for Meg to show her true feelings?
Critics Review
u201cA warm picture emerges of a family bound together by caringnand closenessu2026Megu2019s sorrow as well as her joy comes pouring out in thisnperceptive tale.u201d
u201cNot simply another story on a subject currently innvogue, this book is memorable as a well-crafted reaffirmation of universalnvalues.u201d
u201cAn appealing first novelu2014brisk, witty, affectingu2026Annattractive, laconic heroine in an upbeat presentation of a most difficultnsubject.u201d
u201cLike her growing acceptance of Mollyu2019snimminent death, the novelu2019s impact gradually intensifies toward the climax butnonly after healing forces are also in place and Meg is ready to accept them.nThe novel is a keenly sensitive look at the death of a sibling, especially appropriatenfor the younger u2018young adult.u2019u201d
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