A house can be more than just a shelter. Some houses are places where family traditions grow, where memories live.But what happens to the traditions and memories when the house is gone? After losing a beloved summer home to a treacherous storm, two children and their parents discover the affirming answer to this poignant question . . . together. Evocative paintings and spare text show the family combing the sand for fragments of their possessions, sharing memories, and beginning to look beyond their loss.
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About the Author:
Deborah Blumenthal is a health-and-fitness writer living in Houston, Texas. This is her third book for Clarion.
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K-Gr. 3. After a storm destroys her family's summer cabin at the beach, a girl tells of driving back there with her parents and her brother. Simple, evocative words and expressive gouache pictures show the destruction they find: "a world / shaken, / turned upside down, / inside out / by shrieking winds" that "had ripped along the coast / like a mad beast, / destroying everything in its path." The sorrow is heartfelt. The girl remembers happy times when the family felt safe. She talks about her present grief and loss, and, finally, about the hope of rebuilding, even as she hears her mother cry. Of course, the horrifying tsunami images and the reports of local storms and destruction will add immediacy to this story, which can open discussion about both the nightmares of sudden natural disasters and the loss of this one family--fortunate that its loss was not a loved one. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherClarion Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0618378863
- ISBN 13 9780618378869
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorChayka Doug
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