Touch Blue

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An exquisite second novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES TOUCH BLUE, sure as certain, will touch your heart.The state of Maine plans to shut down her island s schoolhouse, which would force Tess s family to move to the mainland and Tess to leave the only home she has ever known Fortunately, the islanders have a plan too increase the numbers of students by having several families take in foster children So now Tess and her family are taking a chance on Aaron, a thirteen year old trumpet player who has been bounced from home to home And Tess needs a plan of her own and all the luck she can muster Will Tess s wish come true or will her luck run out Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord offers a warm hearted, humorous, and thoughtful look at what it means to belong and how lucky we feel when we do Touch Blue, sure as certain, will touch your heart. Download Touch Blue – kino-fada.fr Tess s island town takes in foster children in order to keep their local school open I didn t like this book Her first book, Rules, worked because it had a foundation of authenticity to it that was totally lacking in this one, except for maybe three pages near the end There are wonderful stories to be written about children in foster care, but they re grittier than this one, andcomplicated Not necessarily sadder, but harder The present tense seemed forced and the luck theme seemed gim Tess s islan...Touch blue and your wish will come true Tess Brooks believes in luck She stands on the pier waiting for her new foster brother, Aaron, to step off the ferry at Bethsaida island thinking about luck Luck that Aaron will like her family Luck that school won t be closed But then she spots Aaron and his red hair that shines out of the crowd like a beacon Her heart sags everyone knows it s unlucky to ride a boat with a red head.This is the setup for the story where Aaron has to learn to live w ...A very sweet, touching story It s age appropriate 9 to 12, I should think , but it truly shows the anguish and loss foster children go through as a regular part of their lives Tess sounds like a very recognizable, real eleven year old girl, and the author integrated the rural island setting very well into the story The ending was great, too it was conclusive and hopeful, no...A wonderful bookTOUCH BLUE was one of those books that I read quickly because I loved it so muchand then slowly toward the end, because even though I was desperate to find out how these characters stories played out, I was so, so sad to leave them behind on the last page I shouldn t have worried, though the characters in TOUCH BLUE are t...Original, creative and eye opening, Touch Blue shows readers how small towns are gradually falling victim to the 21st century here in Canada it s Newfoundland and Nova Scotia that are being most affected , but this book has a lotto offer than that it s a sto...cutebut better and funnier when I read it the first time, when it was called surviving the applewhitesThe four stars is my 10yo s rating I bought for him because he was foster adopt although he came to us at 11months old and we were his only placement so a very different foster story He liked the lobstering and seeing ...Great companion book for One for the Murphy s I really enjoyed this book especially the analogy between Aaron the orphan and the blue lobster Aaron is worried if the blue lobster will be okay since it wasn t released where it belongs and Tess says, Well, he s blue That s gonna stick out no matter whatand lobsters are like people Some take to strangers okay, and others come at each other with their claws wide open But he s in a good place, and it can be a home for him, if he ll let Great companion book for One for the Murphy s I really enjoyed this book especially the analogy between Aaron the orphan and the blue lobster Aaron is worried if the blue lobster will be okay since...Tess firmly believes in luck and does all sorts of things to try and capture some of it But wishes and luck are difficult things to grab ahold of as Tess quickly discovers On her island home, the number of children have fallen below the threshold to have a school If nothing is done, Tess and her family will have to leave the island and Tess will be unable to become a fisherman the way she wants to So the islanders ...

Touch Blue
  • English
  • 12 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 186 pages
  • 0545035317
  • Cynthia Lord
  • Touch Blue