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Sisters, Long Ago

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Sisters, Long Ago is a wonderful novel by Peg Kehret. Willow, a teenager with a sister struggling through lukemia, has strange dreams of her past self and begins to take them seriously. Sisters, Long Ago kept me interested until the very end and I recommend it to readers of all age. The story is much deeper than reincarnation; it's about accepting people for who they are, learning and growing up, and much much more. You don't know how good it is until you read it!

I think I read this book when I was about 12 (I'm now 21) and I have to say that it was a very awe inspiring book. I didn't know much about reincarnation before this book, but the book isn't (in it's story) really about reincarnation. What I mean is... it's more about learning to deal with loss, and learning how to cope and have faith in whatever you choose to. I also vividly remember this book having almost a sci-fi sort of feel to it while it kept me guessing on why she was having these "visions/dreams" of a past life. This book truly influenced my young adult reading experince almost as much as "A Wrinkle in Time" did. I think it's educational while not trying to force any ideals/beliefs on you. Also, it's sure to keep the reader entertained. This book has heart, mystery and education all in one... what more could you want?

I bought this book when it was first published, and it served as my first real exposure to reincarnation. The book is very intriguing and covers the topic in a realistic way: reincarnation workshops, skeptics, dreams, etc. The sub plots also keep you reading until the last page. This book literally opened up new worlds to me, and I hope it does the same for you!

This book was great! It had so much suspense, it kept me on my toes at all times! It was a real "Page Turner". In this book, there is a girl about 15years old. This book is only a four, in my opinion, because the girl and I have a lot of differences in different ways. In some parts it is also very sad. I recommend this book to any one who likes a book where many and exciting things happen at once.

I think that this book is good for people who do and don't believe in re-incarnation. That's not really what the whole book is about even though it is a main part of the story. If you like fantasy books and books about ancient times this is a really good book for you because it gives you both. After reading this book I feel that it is very well written. It gives you hope and allows you to look at things in a different way. I am not just saying this because she is related to me. I really enjoyed this book and it has become one of my favorites that she has written.

I read this book a long time ago as a kid more than once and loved it. It's one of those books that I wish I could read for the first time again.

This book is about two girls that really think they know each other, but they're not sure. Then one girl goes to a place in the library and finds out that they were sisters long ago. So the sisters meet at the restaurant and tell each other, but the other thinks she's crazy. So she wants to stop thinking about it, but she can't.
I love this book so much that my mom had to drag me to bed. The book was the first thing that popped into my head. I know that I'm bragging, but this book is great! I think it's the best book I've ever read. If you think you've read the best, then take that back and read Sisters, Long Ago.

I read this book when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I had borrowed it from my school's library. It kept me capivated and I could hardly put it down. I'm seriously considering buying this and reading it again. I have it on one of my wish lists.

Willow is 13 years old and on the day of her birthday, while at the lake with a friend celebrating her birthday, she almost drowns. In doing so, Willow sees a memory from early in her childhood of her and her grandparents as her family celebrates Mother's Day. She had made a drawing on yellow construction paper of red lines and squiggles and gave it to her grandmother.

Another memory is recalled as well. That of a girl named Kalos, who lived in ancient Egypt around the time of the New Kingdom. The memory is of Kalos steering her raft toward the East bank of the Nile River. In a moment of distraction, Kalos steers the raft into the snout of a crocodile and the raft is snapped in half, dumping Kalos and her bags of grain into the river.

Kalos is rescued by her little sister Tiy from drowning, just as Willow is rescued by a girl named Helen. Willow had seen her on the beach earlier that day and felt a connection with her. The dreams of Kalos start that night and Willow began keeping track of them to find out what they meant and as a distraction from the fact that her older sister Sara is slowly dying of leukemia.

Willow begins to put things together with the help of Mrs. Evans, a well known psychotherapist, who deals with past life regressions, and during a school project, Willow finds out that she was right; she was Kalos in a past life.

And it all started with the phrase: "Nuk ua em ennu en Xu ammu Xu." "I am one of those shining beings who lives in the light."

I don't really subscribe to the idea of reincarnation myself but I must admit that I liked the way this book presented it. While it did go into detail about Kehret's views on the subject, it kept things to an understandable, and dare I say more believable, level that kept souls together throughout time and not making every single girl some famous historical figure--tacky as anything. It was a good story about love and sisterhood and the ties that bind us all and was positively uplifting in that regard.