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A review by aotora
A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
You sometimes find a hidden gem that stays with you after you read it. And this was that book for me.
This book hit so close to home to me.
So when the main character, Cally loses her mom traumatically her father stops speaking about her and when she tells him that she can see her on her mother's death anniversery he tells her that she should stop because she is upsetting people. So she stops speaking for an entire month.
She meets this boy, Sam - and I loved their friendship since she cannot talk and he cannot hear or see so they use a different language to communicate. And she also meets Jed, a young man that is connected to her mother. He brings her a dog her mother bought for her on the day that she died- and that ending made me tear up so badly. I didn't expect for the book to go that way but it was certainly shocking and sad to read that he was with her before she died and that she gave him gifts for her husband and daughter and he'd been searching for them all this time.
This is such a heartwarming story about love and grief and dealing with grief, I think that every parent should read it, but they should especially read it if they lost their partner and want to talk to their kids about grief and losing a parent.
This book hit so close to home to me.
So when the main character, Cally loses her mom traumatically her father stops speaking about her and when she tells him that she can see her on her mother's death anniversery he tells her that she should stop because she is upsetting people. So she stops speaking for an entire month.
She meets this boy, Sam - and I loved their friendship since she cannot talk and he cannot hear or see so they use a different language to communicate. And she also meets Jed, a young man that is connected to her mother. He brings her a dog her mother bought for her on the day that she died- and that ending made me tear up so badly. I didn't expect for the book to go that way but it was certainly shocking and sad to read that he was with her before she died and that she gave him gifts for her husband and daughter and he'd been searching for them all this time.
This is such a heartwarming story about love and grief and dealing with grief, I think that every parent should read it, but they should especially read it if they lost their partner and want to talk to their kids about grief and losing a parent.