Riley Martin narrates this tale from Galveston's Shriners Burns Institute, where he is being treated for third-degree burns over 63 percent of his body. His mother talks about the "accident," but Riley knows it to have been his destiny, just as Sleeping Beauty was meant to have pricked her finger and fallen into a deep sleep. Byrd (My Sister Disappears: Stories and a Novella) does a beautiful job of inhabiting the mind of a seven-year-old boy who overhears adult conversations and reaches his own conclusions based on a simpler understanding. Readers will see the horror of the medical treatment Riley must undergo and his puzzlement at the concerns of his mother, so different from his own. They will also see boys from different socioeconomic groups forming new kinships based on a split-second event that irrevocably altered each of their lives, and they will see-through Riley's eyes-the parents of these boys coming to terms with these events while passing judgment on one another for letting this tragedy befall their children. A beautiful, well-told story full of humor and pathos; recommended for public libraries.-Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati State Technical & Community Coll. Lib. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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| BN ID: | 2940170645053 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 07/22/2011 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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