The Other Shepards [Turtleback]

Adele Griffin (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606171444
• ISBN-13: 978-0606171441
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Look for All You Never Wanted (Random House) coming out in 2012.

Also Tighter is out this spring in paperback. With a really awesome new jacket.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous story!, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Other Shepards (Hardcover)

This was a novel that brought it's character's breath into your own. It was a book that made you feel very close and connected to the people in it, as though you knew some hidden personal knowledge. You never felt distanced from the action, it was always touchabley close to you. It was in a sense "a perfect novel" because it had many different angles to the plot, and you could never quite put your finger on what intrigued you about it. Geneva was a very enjoyable relief in the story, her obsessive compulsive behaviors made her like your own sister. Holland was the perfect older sister in a characteristical sense, she had a very understandable personality. I found myself enjoying the novel very much because it was an ever shifting story; it was very interesting to see how the plot was veiled to the reader, and yet it was always just a step ahead. This was a terrific story, and I recomend it to anyone who like a good shape-shifting story.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ever read., November 17, 2001

By 

Meaghan Good "meggilyweggily" (Venedocia, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Shepards (Paperback)

I can confidently state that Adele Griffin, when I read her other books, will probably become one of my favorite authors. I LOVED "The Other Shepards". My older brother died in a car wreck when I was a toddler, too young to really know or remember, so I sort of understand what Holland and Geneva were going through. (I loved their names. I wish I had a name like Geneva.) Holland seemed to be the realistic older sister -- wishing to help Geneva but becoming understandably impatient at times with her sister's bizarre behavior. I didn't realize Annie was a ghost till the end, though I thought she seemed pretty peculiar. Not much actually happened in the story -- I'd call it a novel of adjustment -- but it was a pleasant read. I'd highly recommend it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters, July 29, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Other Shepards (Paperback)

I, too, suffer from OCD and I could relate so well to her rituals and phobias. Perhaps she seems unbelievable to those who have never suffered from or encountered another person who suffers from OCD, but the behavior is just as odd as Griffin portrays it.