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Blue Eyes Better By Ruth Wallace-Brodeur Penguin Group © 2002 |
Tessa's brother Scott
has died. That is all she hears at school and her neighborhood. Tessa has hazel eyes like her dad but Scott had blue eyes like
her mother. Scott meant everything to Tessa's mother and now she leaves her family, because she was depressed.
After the funeral Tessa's mother left with her aunt to go
live at her
house and to be closer to Scott's grave. Since Tessa had no one to go to she
relied mostly on her music teacher, Ms. Dunn. Ms. Dunn was going to teach track
in the summer, and she invited Tessa to join.
After track season was over Tessa and her father went to
visit her
mother. They stayed for about a month and then left and her mother actually
came. Her mother came unwillingly but realized that Tessa needed her.
I really enjoyed the book because it seemed so real. I
would recommend it mostly for middle school students.
~ Ashley Aldan, grade 6, Boardman Center Middle School