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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

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I won't write more about the important relationships in the books, because to me, a huge part of the story's magic relies on seeing them bloom for yourself. I quite liked how the author depicted most of the adult as well as the kids as complex characters, and how they interacted with each other. However, I wasn't a fan of the parts that took place at school because they featured some pretty horrible characters, but I think Sunya's presence made up for it. Jamie grieves the loss of his family and his parents' marriage, but he doesn't cry over the sister he barely remembers. How can he? He was 5 years old when she died. His parents and various therapists, though, tell him it just hasn't hit him yet. His mother once made him change a school essay on a special person from a soccer player to Rose, and the story she made him use resulted in his being teased mercilessly by the other students. Poor kid. Over 20 years later and parents still don't understand. As much as I hated Jamie's parents, I loved this storyline because I wonder how many kids who've prematurely lost parents and siblings and relatives are acting how they THINK they should instead of how they actually feel. And I wonder how many kids know that it's okay to feel... nothing. Or close to nothing. How do you mourn someone you barely know or remember? I always hear kids being told that it's okay to cry, it's okay to cry, but it's also okay not to cry. My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece is a 2011 novel written by Annabel Pitcher. It won the 2012 Branford Boase Award, [1] and received at least 25 other award nominations. [2] Annabel Pitcher cleverly balances the underlying themes of bullying, racism, depression, and alcoholism with the excitement of forbidden friendship, hope, and ultimately the strength to move on. The result is an amazing book; one you won't be able to put down because you wish so much that Jamie will be okay. So even though his sister had been killed, his parents were getting divorced and he was feeling terribly sad and lonely, he still had to carry on and try to stay positive, no matter what. It's a great reminder that we often don't always know what's happening in our friends' lives and sometimes they might be feeling sad at school because of what's going on at home.

Also, the friendship, possibly budding first love between him and a girl named Sunya was adorable and fresh. There is also a cat in this novel and though it does not talk, it has as much presence (if not more) than a person. You have to admire authors who can make you react that way to an animal that is presented throughout the whole novel through someone else’s eyes. A través de Jaime nos cuenta como es su vida junto con una familia destructurada, de su día a día en su nueva escuela, su esperanza de volver a ver su madre mientras todos los días se pone su camisa de Spiderman y de su amistad con Sunya. Es difícil no querer a Jaime. Su voz es tan fuerte que siempre he terminado poniéndome de su parte y querer ver todo desde su punto de vista. Aunque hay que reconocer que una vez en nuestras vidas hemos vivido desde ese punto de vista cuando eramos muy chicos. Rose Matthews: 8-12 years old to play a 9-year-old. A twin of Jas, who Rose likes to tease. She doesn't, however, realize it's lowering Jas's self-esteem. She is always trying to out-do Jas to be the perfect daughter.

Sunya Al-Wasi: 10-14 years old to play an 11-year-old. A Muslim girl who befriends Jamie despite his racist upbringing. She makes him see that racism is prejudice, and not reality. In this book I like how Annabel Pitcher writes through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy. Jamie is a normal boy whose family is traumatised. The author has done an exceptional job of displaying the emotions of the characters, it is this and Jamie's hopeful outlook that make the book flow brilliantly and make you want to read every last word. Mom (Eve Matthews): 14-18 years old to play an adult. A mother who left her family after her husband became too controlling in the aftermath of their daughter's death. She felt constricted, and had an affair with another man. She leaves her family behind and moves to Chicago with her boyfriend, Nigel. Seeing her kids again after months makes her wonder if she made the right decision. Two days later, something changes his mind. What happens and what was so special and exciting about it?

This book is not one of those books, while it is. This book is about a ten-year-old boy who, when he was five, witnesses one of his twin 10-year-old sisters being blown up by a terrorist bomb. It is random, though attributed to a Muslim terrorist group, and so his father hates all Muslims. Aisha Al-Wasi: 14-18 years old to play an adult. The loving mother of Sunya, who befriends Jamie, but who has a blow out with Jamie's father when he reveals how racist his family is. She is protective of her daughter, and won't stand anyone treating her with disrespect because she's different. I'm 12 years old and I think it's just perfect for people of my age and older. In fact, both my parents want to read it and I think they'll really enjoy it! (For the moment I think my younger sister's a little bit too young to really enjoy it, especially the ending.)Now Sunya, who's Jamie's best friend from school, is a Muslim girl with a great imagination who made me smile nearly every time she appeared. At first she stroke me as unrealistically kind and passionate, but as the story progresses we get to see how she's a real little girl with real feelings who's just trying to be her best self. She's definitely a character I would have loved to read about when I was a kid. But don't think this is a downer, though it did have me crying at one part. The voice of Jamie is so real, and so natural and so funny it kept be going, as was his friend Sunya, who knows that she is also the odd one out, as well, because she is Muslim and wears a hijab, in very white, Christian school. This story was heartbreaking but also incredibly hopeful. It explored the power of human connections and human beings' capacity for compassion. Jamie's realationship with his parents is incredibly important in the book, and i really don't know how to talk about it without giving a lot away. It certainly contributes to the feeling of helplessness that lingers throughout the whole narrative, and makes you ponder about just how important family bonds are when you're Jamie's age. My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is about a boy called Jamie. He has ginger hair and a wonderful cat called Roger. When Jamie was just five years old, his older sister, Rose, was killed by a bomb which exploded in London. Although everyone in the family tries to live with what's happened, it's impossible. Jamie's dad starts to drink too much, Rose's twin sister, Jas, dyes her hair pink and then Jamie's mum decides to move out and live with another man called Nigel.

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