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Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Eleven-year-old Cooper's mother sleeps too much; she also neglects meals, hygiene, and her children. A doctor's prescription helps for a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Cooper’s first-person narrative is realistic and affecting: “I’m scared, I wanted to cry, and then maybe she would hold me on her lap and hug me as if I was little like Carly. But I couldn’t. Because what I was scared of was her.” Cooper’s protectiveness of his seven-year-old sister, Carly, is moving. H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More