Product DescriptionA sensitive girl comes to terms with loss – and learns something about lasting ties – in this genuine, gracefully told story.
'Name: Edwina Stiles Beckey. Nickname: Eddie. Age: Eleven. Hometown: North Sterns, New York, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. Best Friend: Sally Hobart. Favorite Activity: Making lists.'
Eddie Beckey makes lists for just about everything and everyone in her life. And for matters of real importance, she wears (and snaps) an array of colored rubber bands on her wrist. Unfortunately, the world is not always so orderly and knowable. No list can help her cope with what’s happening to her best friend, Sally — or change the course of things for Sally’s grandmother, whom Eddie has grown to love and depend on as well. With subtlety and insight, novelist Alison McGhee tells the story of a young girl’s first encounter with grief, and of the enduring power of friendship.
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Rating: - Memorable Characters!
This is definitely a book to be savored and reread. Each of the characters is memorable in her own right and the interaction between them is depicted with great poignancy. Although this is a novel about death and dying and loss, it is primarily a novel about friendship and relationships. The writing is beautiful and this is a story that will remain very much with you long after you close the book.
Rating: - SNAP
The book is about a girl name Edwina Becky that does lists. Like grocery lists, homework lists, New Years resolutions, books read , books to be read, best friends,
next best friends, favorite names, favorite nicknames, favorite movies, favorite foods. Also that she is 11 years old. And Edwina has a friend to that is name Sally Hobart. Well
Edwina does wear colored rubber bands on her wrist. That each all of the rubber bands represents something she did or has already. And that her friend ... Read More
"I have six of them ( rubber bands ), in all different colors, on my left wrist, to be snapped when necessary." My book Snap is a realistic fiction book. It takes place in present day America..There are three main characters; Eddie who is telling the story, Sally her best friend, & Willie who is Sally's dying Grandma ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty good
I think this book was well written. The main character is a girl who is realistic and believable. She deals with realistic issues that I can understand and relate to. The problem with this book is that it's too short. If only it had been 80 pages longer, and I probably would have given it five stars. I like how this book describes relationships between different people and how these relationships change over time, due to the fact that people grow older. Personally, I like books like this, that discuss topics ... Read More
Rating: - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book is about a girl named Edwina she really likes lists she makes them for every thing. She has a best friend. Her best friends grandma is her friend to. Ed ,her nickname, and her friend really like sprinkled doughnuts. She has 5 braclets that she wears onher wrist and they mean different things. Like one means dont tip back in your chair but if she does she has to snap it.
- Memorable Characters!
- Pretty good
