| Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Contributor(s): Hamilton, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380651939 ISBN-13: 9780380651931 Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: The first time Teresa saw Brother was the way she would think of him ever after. Tree fell head over heels for him. It was love at first sight in a wild beating of her heart that took her breath. But it was a dark Friday three weeks later when it rained, hard and wicked, before she knew Brother Rush was a ghost. Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? Was it to help Dab, her retarded older brother, wracked with mysterious pain? Was it for her mother, Vy, who loved them the best she knew how, but wasn't home enough to ease the terrible longing? Whatever secrets he held, Tree knew she must follow. She must follow Brother Rush through the magic mirror, and find out the truth. About all of them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings - Young Adult Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 81022745 |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 4.18" W x 6.8" (0.24 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Family - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 141 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Book Award Finalist * Newbery Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Award Winner This towering classic from the esteemed author Virginia Hamilton is like a thoughtfully designed African American quilt. It is finely stitched, tightly constructed, and rooted in cultural authenticity.* Why had Brother Rush come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys back into her own childhood? Was it to help Dab, her older brother, who sometimes took more care and love than Tree had to give? Was it for her mother, M'Vy, who loved them the best she knew how but wasn't home enough to ease the terrible longing? Whatever secrets Brother Rush's whispered message held, Tree knew she must follow. She must follow Brother Rush through the magic mirror, and find out the truth. About all of them. Katherine Paterson, reviewing this powerful novel in The New York Times, commented: Just read the first page, just the first paragraph, of Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Then stop--if you can. The last time a first paragraph chilled my spine like this one, I was sixteen years old, hunched over a copy of Rebecca. *Geraldine Wilson in Interracial Books for Children Bulletin |
Contributor Bio(s): Hamilton, Virginia: - Virginia Hamilton's books have won many awards and honors. One of these, the first book ever to win both the John Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, M.C. Higgins, the Great, was also the recipent of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. The Planet of Junior Brown was a Newbery Honor Book in 1971, and four of Virginia Hamilton's other books have been named Notable Children's books by the American Library Association. Ms. Hamilton is married to Arnold Adoff, who is a distinguished poet and anthologist. They live with their two children in Ohio. |