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The Turnabout Shop

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Grief is something that is still taboo=lots of people walk around stuffing their feelings because this world still has not accepted the fact that not everyone is happy every second of the day. This book has helped even me an adult start to deal with some of the emotions of sadness one feels when their mother/father passes away.

This book is well written-yes there may be sad parts=but that is life. There are smiles and cries. thats the way it is but the part where the author describes Livvys reluctance to unpack her things at her new home is similiar to when someone's spouse/parent dies and you have to pack up their belongings. Sometimes its easier to leave it=almost pretending they never left you. But eventually you have to pack it up or move. Livvy laying on her bed crying when asked to unpack her things over a week later totally took me away...how sometimes i just want to lay on my bed and cry that my mother has passed. I think we all need to allow ourselves time to grieve=in the story the author has shown how the new mother has been distant but not because she doesnt feel maternal feelings=because she knows how hard this must be for Livvy so she does something not too many people understand=gives Livvy space. Lets Livvy approach her when she is ready instead of constantly being in her face asking her if she is ok or cracking jokes or plain being annoying. Folks when someone is struggling with grief-give them some room. They will come to you when they feel better until then give people room to breathe. This book is great for adults and children who have ever lost a loved one=whether it be a human or a pet=grief is grief and the more space you give someone=the easier it is for them to work through it=I am not saying you should ignore said person=just realize they may not always want you to talk them to death.

Well written story-even Livvy learns what some people do for others without a regret or hesitation=one line in there says from livvys mom-she said to Jessie in college="One day I want you to just take a flying leap" And yes Jessie finally did.

The Turnabout shop is a great book. Throughout the story alot of exciting and sad things happen With Livvy (The main Character) and Jessie Barnes (Her "mom") . When you read this book you won't want to stop!

The Turnabout shop is a great book. Throughout the story alot of exciting and sad things happen With Livvy (The main Character) and Jessie Barnes (Her "mom") . When you read this book you won't want to stop!

The Turnabout Shop by Colby Rodowsky is a good book. The main character is fifth-grader Ann Olivia Lyons, nicknamed Livvy. Livvy used to live with her mother, Althea, in New York, but now Althea is dead and Livvy has to go live with her mother's friend from college in Baltimore, Jessie Barnes. Jessie Barnes is a plain and sensible woman, nothing like Althea was. Livvy misses Althea and thinks that she will never get along in Maryland. But then she goes to Jessie and her mother Ivy's antiques store, the Turnabout Shop, and also meets Lu, a girl her age who lives nearby. Livvy and Lu become good friends. Livvy also meets Jessie Barnes's neighbors and relatives. She gets along with all of them. But she and Jessie don't get along too well. Will Jessie and Livvy ever feel like family?

This book is a wonderful book. It explains how hard it is to be, well, kind of an orphan. Its about a fifth grade girl, who's mother just died of a sickness. Her name is Livvy. Since she does not have Dad, she has to be adopted or taken care of by another family. So she gets taken by a lady named Jessie. Although Jessie is very nice, Livvy still is not happy being her daughter. Jessie and her mother own an antique store called The Turnabout Shop. It is a nice little shop that Livvy sometimes likes to go there after school. Livvy does a lot of fun things with Jessie, including getting her ears pierced, but there is a problem, Livvy hates when people call Jessie her mother. Everything goes fine until something terrible happens to the Turnabout Shop. To find out what happens, read this sad but exciting book. I rate this book a four because like I said before, its sad and gives you a taste of being an orphan, and it is exciting.

could have been longer the ending was very blank could have been more detailes

The book was pretty basic, and short. I like how the author kept the plot simple. I think this book could be made into a Disney teleivision movie special! IT WAS THAT GOOD!