Thirteen-year-old Tina Dubois and her identical twin sister, Cilla, are extremely close and yet different personalities, and when Cilla is suddenly killed, Tina and her family struggle to come to terms with the loss.
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Thirteen-year-old identical twins Cilla and Tina are polar opposites and best friends. Cilla wants to save the world, while Tina is busy falling in love with every boy in school. Then the unthinkable happens--Cilla is struck and killed by a car as she runs, mere steps behind Tina, to the school bus. Tina is stunned and unsure of how to hold on to the memory of her sister without losing her own identity. To demonstrate Tina's desire to distance herself from the horrific event, the author skillfully presents the narrative in third person, then gradually moves into Tina's own voice as she comes to terms with the loss of her sibling. I Miss You, I Miss You! chronicles the year after Cilla's death and how Tina travels from a place where she can't imagine life without her sister to a new understanding of herself as an individual.
This Swedish import is a collaboration between award-winning children's author Peter Pohl and Kinna Gieth, a twin who lost her sister in real life and asked Pohl to help her write about the experience. Teens who enjoy the weepy serial novels of Lurlene McDaniel will find a more realistic and multilayered portrayal of death in this deeply moving memoir-style novel. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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Perhaps this novel, a collaboration between a Swedish novelist and a teenage girl whose twin died, lost something in its transatlantic crossing. Fourteen-year-old Tina documents her bereavement after the death of her identical twin sister, Cilla, in a traffic accident. From the outset, Tina warns readers that the events are difficult to relate; she then distances herself from the audience by shifting from first-person to third-person narration. But this gulf doesn't close until near the book's conclusion. The first portion relates the twins' historyAtheir personality differences, their relationships with friends at schoolAand reads like a rather dense biography. The prose comes through as formal and stiff (e.g., "In the summer, a mild interest in sailing comes to life. The family packs itself into Roseng?rden's sailboat and takes off for a few weeks") and may be due to the cultural or linguistic translation or both (the twins were born in France and transplanted to Sweden; their story is translated into English). The events related early in the novel do take on significance, but much later on, when a wiser, more pensive Tina dissects memories of the past year to extract meaning from her sister's life and early end. The authors provide substantial insight into grief and the healing process as Tina suffers bouts of depression and anxiety. After reluctantly agreeing to undergo therapy, the surviving twin arrives at a turning point when she becomes less self-absorbed and aware that others, too, grieve the loss of Cilla. Unfortunately, the detached tone of the narrative and lengthy build-up may dissuade readers from seeing it through to the uplifting finish. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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all in all... the best book,
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I loved this book. There is no other way to describe it. All through it my face was wet with tears. And they actually made see things in a new light. It was moving and described how people should deal with life. You never know when you're going to lose a beloved one. And this book really showed me what life is all about. I think the fact that Peter Pohl actually did that...is a great accomplishment in itself.
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A heartbreaking story about life and death,
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If you can read this book without crying, you are strong. Even if it's about death, it's a book, that celebrates life.
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This is the best book I have ever read,
By myrten@yahoo.com (Michigan (though actually a Swede)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: I Miss You, I Miss You! (Hardcover)
"I miss you, I miss you" is still, after 7 years, the best book I have ever read, and I frequently read 50 or more books/year. When I had finished reading it the first time, I had to reread it again right away, I was so taken in and very emotionally moved by it. I have read many books by Peter Pohl, and although all his books are very good, this is by far his best one.
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