Mirza Khurram Beg Khurram Beg itibaren Margaret, AL, Birleşik Devletler
This is another sibling story. An older sister & a younger sister with a strong bond: memory. The opening chapter reveals a family car ride during which the parents drop off the youngest sister on the side of the road and leave her there because she blew a big bubble gum bubble in the car and made a mess. "Forget about her." they said to her sister as they drove away, and she watched through the back window as her sister became smaller and smaller. That opening scene made me gasp! But as the story moves along you understand more clearly that this is a different world - this isn't reality, it's clearly fantasy - and so it's a little easier to take. There are some fantastical scenarios and creations (the Memory Bank in particular)in this story that are fun to visualize, and there is plenty of emotion to relate to as the sisters try to get back together (which they do in the end much to my satisfaction and relief - whew!). I found myself trying to tie it all together neatly because I didn't feel like the author did that for me. There is lots of symbolism and allegorical spins but it wasn't neat and tidy so that left me a little disatisfied. I don't think kids will care about that so much, though. One interesting and fun aspect of the book is the way the younger (abandoned) sister's story is shown in graphic format with no words. These segments are sandwiched between the chapters in text that tell the older sister's story. So, as readers we aren't left wondering, "but but what about the poor little sister? - where is she? - what's happening to her?" We get to know this through the illustrations.
worth the effort it takes to read it. it is one of my all-time favorites.
True story in first person narrative of Orwell's experience as a colonist. Interesting.