I signed up for the tour for one reason: The premise.A good contemporary book provides us with real issues that make great lessons to prepare us for our own hardships. Holding On and Letting Go fits perfectly in that category.
Two years after her little brother's death, sixteen year old Emerson Caulfield returns to a home that she spent the last two years missing. In theory, everything should be the same. Her best friend, Matt, still lives next door. Her house is in the exact same condition as they left it. The scenery and hallways haven't changed, yet for Emerson, everything is completely different. The place may be the same, but Emerson is most certainly not. She returns home hurt, angry, and miles away from the girl she once was.
The 60,000 word novel alternates between the perspectives of Emerson, who is struggling to keep breathing on a daily basis, and Matt, who wants to have his old best friend back so badly that he is willing to overlook the fact that she has completely changed. Though their friendship and relationship is a major part of the story, it takes backseat to the unique bonds between siblings, what happens when your worst enemy is in fact yourself, and the hardships that come with growing up and changing.
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What Makes Lucy Kelly Real
1) I like making lists. It's weird, and I never actually scratch things off of
the list.
2) I sing and dance in the car like a maniac.
3) For the first six years
of my life, I truly believed a shark lived under my bed. I watched Jaws at too
young of an age.2) I sing and dance in the car like a maniac.
4) Without a doubt, I am a night person. I am enormously grumpy when first woken up in the morning.
5) When I was younger, I read almost every Nancy Drew book, both new and old. I had a notebook, and I would take notes to see if I could figure out who the "bad guy" was before Nancy did. We probably tied.
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The title is one to make you stop and think. Sounds realistic and interesting.
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Also I like how the auhtor wrote her name on the door. It's clever :)
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