A Summer to Die

I've always loved Lois Lowry's books and this book like all the others, did not disappoint me. Lowry really brought this story to life. This story was simple but Lowry wrote it to become alive and magical. She describes everything with such grace and amazing penmanship I can imagine the story in detail like a movie in my mind! Though some parts in this story I'm a little skeptical about for example *SPOILER ALERT* when the main character talks to and accepts and invitation from an old man who is a total stranger to her at the time and when a young teenager is allowed to watch a birth of a baby. But besides that I think this book is nonetheless special and teaches good lessons. It really dives into dealing with tough situations and teaches about accepting others. This book I think is great for people who love to imagine and love to experience a whole another type of story.

I read this book when I was 12 or 13 and it has stayed in my mind. I am 50 years old now. I wanted to read it again as an adult. I received it quickly and in excellent condition. 👍

This was my favorite book as a child. What is really strange is that I have a friend with the same disease as the sister in the book. I was so excited to find this hard cover!

I was moved to tears multiple times and I could not put it down. Lois Lowry is a favorite author of mine, and this story did not disappoint. This is a heart-breaking and stunningly beautiful story about the experience of love.

I was able to read this the day after Typhoon Dolphin passed by Guam, and we were without electricity. In the stillness around me, I think I was able to get more out of this than I first expected. You read it, thinking you know what you'll get from it. But sometimes...in those quiet hours when the world around you has been tested and tried, and forced to shut down...there comes a perfectly aligned moment when the morals of the story reveal themselves with what is going on around you. And you pause to take it all in.Beautiful story.

This is a book I loved as a child and other than taking forever to arrive it came as advertised

Related to what happens in life. Good & bad. Life continues with memories after death. Lives on thru others. Lives changed. We look back with positive & laughter thru each chapter & character. Exposure to new things done with old. Old & young friendship grew no matter age

Lois Lowry never disappoints with her thoughtful insights and characters that you wish you knew and were friends with forever.

I ordered this as it was book I read as a young girl

Loved this book as a child and bought for my girls to read.Discusses difficult subjects head on.

This is an excellent book which is moving and poignant. I read it as a child and loved it so much, I read it again as an adult. Brilliantly written.

Ho scoperto questa autrice da poco e devo dire che il suo stile mi è piaciuto molto. Libro delicato, semplice e ben scritto. Inglese accessibile. La trama del libro è facilmente intuibile dal titolo. La storia è raccontata dal punto di vista della sorella sana. Non voglio dire di più per non togliere troppo a chi lo leggerà.

This was successful children and young adult's writer Lois Lowry's first book. It is a poignant story about a young girl facing the loss of her older sister.