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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780618247448
ISBN: 0618247440
Label: Clarion Books
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: September 23, 2002
Publisher: Clarion Books
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 921939
Studio: Clarion Books
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Angel Morgan needs help. Daddy is in jail, and Mama has abandoned her and her little brother, leaving them with their great-grandmother. Grandma is aged and poor, and doesn't make any attempt to care for the children—that's left up to Angel, even though she is not yet twelve. The only bright spot in Angel's existence is the Star Man, a mysterious stranger who appears on clear nights and teaches her all about the stars and planets and constellations. "We're made out of the same stuff as the stars," he tells her.
Eventually, Grandma warms to the children and the three begin to cobble together a makeshift family. Then events in Angel's life take yet another downturn, and she must once again find a way to persevere.
Katherine Paterson's keen sensitivity and penetrating sense of drama bring us a moving story of throwaway children, reminding us of the incredible resilience of childhood and the unquenchable spirit that, in spite of loss, struggles to new beginnings.
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From the famed author of Bridge to Terabithia comes this heartbreakingly realistic tale of two siblings trapped in a nightmare of neglect. Angel and her little brother Bernie live with their mom, a high school dropout, in a ratty apartment. Their dad is in jail, and the two have been visiting him weekly for years. Their mother Vera has zero maternal instincts, frequently screaming at both of them, or worse, running off and leaving them when she becomes overwhelmed. One fateful day Vera hurriedly ... Read More
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I read this book over four years ago, and I still remember it. I remember sitting at lunch reading this book and being impressed with Angel's courage, maturness, and forgiving nature. I often reflect on this book when I'm angry or upset. Though not the deepest, most soul-searching book, this book taught a younger me a lot about life. I would highly recommend it to any one.
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The book I read was The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Patterson. This book is about a teenage girl named Angel Morgan. Her father is in jail, and her and her little brother Bernie Morgan live with there mother.
One day she takes them to there great-grandmothers run down farmhouse in Vermont. There grandmother lives alone and spends all her time rocking in a rocking chair by the fire. One night when there mother simply gets up and leaves they are left alone with a women they barley even ... Read More
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What does an 11 year-old girl do when she's more mature and responsible than the two people who brought her into this world? Well, somebody has to look after her little brother Bernie, and it's not going to be mom Verna, who is a man crazy lush, or dad Wayne, who is in jail for armed robbery.
Then, one day Verna packs up the kids and dumps them off on their great grandmother Irma who Angel has to look after instead of the other way around, and there is also a mysterious stranger Angel calls ... Read More
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Angel had a hard life, with an unreliable mother, her father in jail, and a seven year old brat of a brother, Bernie. When she was only eleven, her mother, Bernie, and her, moved in with their poor grandmother. One night, her mother disappeared, without warning. Angel was very responsible, she made sure Bernie read, did his homework, ate right, and was more of an adult than her own mother. One day, Bernie didn't come home from school. He was missing for quite a few weeks when he called Angel and asked if ... Read More
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