A review by lorathelibrarian
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
5.0
This is the story of an eleven year old girl who has just lost everything. Her little sister and her father were killed in a car accident and her mother has just disappeared because she is sick with guilt, for she was the one driving the car. Now Aubrey moves from Virginia to Vermont to live with her grandmother.
What follows is Aubrey's journey of healing. She writes letters to her little sister's imaginary friend as her way of coping with the grief of losing her father and sister and the feeling of abandonment from her mother. Aubrey slowly develops a strong relationship with her grandmother, finds a best friend next door, and discovers that talking and writing about her grief actually helps to let it go.
I sat down and read this book in one day. Now, that's not saying a lot because it is a children's book. This is a very sad story, but through Aubrey the reader begins to heal just as she does. I cried a lot because LaFleur does an excellent job of conveying the feelings Aubrey and her grandmother have from losing ones they loved so dearly.
I would recommend this book to children dealing with their own grief. But besides that I think many children could use this book to understand a fraction of what it is like to lose someone close to them.
It was a fast paced story that was very well written. I would say it is one of the best children's book I've read all year and definitely one of the best for 2009 so far.
What follows is Aubrey's journey of healing. She writes letters to her little sister's imaginary friend as her way of coping with the grief of losing her father and sister and the feeling of abandonment from her mother. Aubrey slowly develops a strong relationship with her grandmother, finds a best friend next door, and discovers that talking and writing about her grief actually helps to let it go.
I sat down and read this book in one day. Now, that's not saying a lot because it is a children's book. This is a very sad story, but through Aubrey the reader begins to heal just as she does. I cried a lot because LaFleur does an excellent job of conveying the feelings Aubrey and her grandmother have from losing ones they loved so dearly.
I would recommend this book to children dealing with their own grief. But besides that I think many children could use this book to understand a fraction of what it is like to lose someone close to them.
It was a fast paced story that was very well written. I would say it is one of the best children's book I've read all year and definitely one of the best for 2009 so far.