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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2006
Gr 7-Up After the death of her grandmother, 15-year-old Liz Scattergood is having a hard time getting back to normal. Her mother, who had an extremely close relationship with Bunny, has become deeply depressed, and only visits to a Spiritualist church whose members believe they can communicate with the deceased provide an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
The complexities of mother-child relationships take center stage in Wittlinger's latest excavation of adolescent life. When Liz's grandmother Bunny dies, her mother loses herself in mourning, then stirs tensions with Liz's easygoing atheist father when she joins a Spiritualist church that claims the ability to facilitate conversations between the living and the dead. Meanwhile, siblings Natha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More