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Hardcover The Anatomy of Wings Book

ISBN: 0375856439

ISBN13: 9780375856433

The Anatomy of Wings

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Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers. As she recounts the final months of Beth's life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles, and more questions. Was Beth's death an accident? Why couldn't Jennifer--or anyone else--save her? Through Jennifer's eyes, we see one girl's failure to cross the threshold into adulthood as her family slowly falls apart. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 4 stars
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Her sister Beth is gone, and Jenny wants to understand why it all happened. At ten years old, she knows no one will tell her the truth, so she is determined to discover it for herself. Her search begins with a blue cardboard box. She plans to sift through the things Beth left behind and find clues to explain why Beth changed. There are ballet slippers, a broken heart pendant, black rubber-band bracelets, and an address...

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We still get the feeling it's going to take a long time for the Days to recover from their collectiv

Native Australian Karen Foxlee's richly drawn debut novel, THE ANATOMY OF WINGS, has the unfortunate quality of having two main characters who are equally strong yet dueling to dominate the spotlight. The catch? One's alive; one's dead. But thankfully for readers, the more we find out about the dead one (13-year-old Beth Day), the more we understand about the one who's left behind (Beth's 10-year-old sister, Jennifer). The...

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