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 A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly
Description: ISBN 0747587418 / Genre: Fiction Newest Review: ... have one other best friend named Minnie who is always fed up of them constantly arguing. Minnie is the oldest of the three, ... more  ... being married and pregnant at the start of the story.
This book goes from the past; the above paragraph to the present times; the next paragraph, and in between, you get a little confused in it all, but apart from that, the ending is amazingly entwined together.
The present: a girl, grace from the hotel up the road in which Mattie was working at has drowned in the river, with no sign of her partner, Carl who went out sailing with her. A few days before this had happened however, grace, gave Mattie some letters and t...more |
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A Northern Light (Michael L Printz Honor Book (Awards)) by Jennif
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A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly - Harcourt Paperbacks
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A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly: a promise is a promise. dreams come true eventually (823 words)
by angiebabyqueen - written on 21.10.05 (Very useful, 1151 readings)
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A gathering light – Jennifer Donnelley At the turn of the century, this novel is based in North America, where things are just beginning to become modern. Mattie is the mother hen of her brothers and sisters, due to the fact that she promised her mum while she was on her deathbed. Lawton, her older brother has left her to deal with their younger siblings, Beth, Lou and Abby. Mattie really wants to explore the world and write novels, but with her father wanting her to stay back so that he can’t lose another family member, she could end up no-where at the end of it all. Mattie has a coloured best friend named weaver, the only black in the area, who’s father ...
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