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Waiting for Sarah

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I really love this book! I usually read a lot and of all the books I've ever read, this is my favourite of all! The beginning few chapters might not be that exciting, but as soon as you read about Sarah, it becomes a very intriguing story. A huge secret about Sarah is revealed at about the middle of the book, and it was impossible to put it down from then on! You should really read this, you won't regret it!

Mike Scott befriends a young girl named Sarah after his family was killed by a horrible car wreck, resulting from one man's single mistake. Being able to see Sarah everyday helped Mike begin to feel better about his life, which was turned upside down by the accident. The author, McBay,wrote how life can take many unexpected turns when you don't except them to with his creative plot.

Even though Mike's family was killed and his legs were amputated, from the car accident, he was able to forget about the horrible past with the aid Sarah's presence. However, the teacher that he never really trusted caused him to lose her as well. Although he was devastated, she revisits him to easy the pain on important days in Mike's life, such as his high school graduation. Life may have thrown many curves at Mike, yet each one only made him into a stronger person later on.

Along with the well crafted plot, the author caused the book to flow like a river of words, cascading down and over a waterfall. When I first read this book, my heart went out to each of the main characters, causing me to feel the glee and the sorrow that all of them faced during the hardships of their young lives. The well written words caused the emotions to pour out me. I would laugh whenever something was funny and cry when the sorrow was almost too overwhelming. The time when Sarah ran off, looking hurt, torn and ragged, caused the tears film over my eyes and leak out down my check. Every time that I was going to put the book down to do something else, I was always drawn back. It was as though the words were demanding me to get back as soon as possible, so that I wouldn't have to wait to find out what happened next.

Being able to actually feel what a character is going through as though you are that character, facing all the unexcepted turns in their lifes, reflects on how well the author,McBay, has so carefully chosen each word, to create this master piece, Waiting for Sarah.

Mike's parents and sister are dead, his legs are gone, and his life is shattered. He returns to school bitter and distant until he meets Sarah and discovers her secrets. Waiting For Sarah is a very finely written and highly recomended story of terrible change and recovery evolves.

While I appreciate the fact that the author attempted to tackle such heavy subject matter, I really didn't understand the point of the story. Was it a story about a boy learning to cope with his new life after the loss of his family and his legs? Or was it a ghost story? Somehow, I didn't quite understand how the two were supposed to fit together. As a result of the strange mix, I felt that Mike's problems were not really delved into as deeply as they could have been, and the ghost story seemed like a superfluous plot that was tacked on as the author started to shirk away from the heavy subject matter. Had it been just a straight ghost story, the whole issue of loss on Mike's part would have been unnecessary; why would he need to suffer such an enormous tragedy to work on the yearbook?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it seemed like the tragic elements were only added for shock value, and then cast aside in order to tell the ghost story. It could have been either a story of coping with loss, or a standard ghost story. Instead, the two were mixed and, as a result, the book didn't quite work.

Waiting for Sarah was an amazing read!

Mike was in an accident that killed his family and made him lose the lower part of his legs. His only family is his aunt. After a LONG absence from school, he returns. He is commisioned to make a project about the history of his school and town. While doing this, he meets a girl named Sarah. He learns a heart-wrenching secret about Sarah, and sets out to give her the peace she needs.

I was very impressed by James Heneghan's description of the Mike's grief. This is a stunning book, I reccomend it to males and females, 12+!!!!

Waiting for Sarah is about a 17-year-old boy named Mark. Mark loses his parents and his 10-year-old sister in a car accident. After this accident Mark is really mad and grumpy. It seems like he is mad at the world, like the world was responsible for his parents and his sister dieing. Than one day while at school Mark meets a girl named Sarah and she is a really peppy girl. The thing about Sarah he doesn't know is that she was murdered twenty years before. I really liked this book. It is probily on of the best books I have ever read. I like this book because, it has a really interesting topic. The ending wasn't so good to me because, after a while a while he barly ever gets to see Sarah very often. I really like this book and i would incourage other people to read it!

The story begins with a horrific accident.Mike,his two parents, and his sister,Becky, were on their way to a fun family vacation.A drunk driver in a semi truck hit the family's car.All passengers and the driver except Mike died.Mike woke up in a hospital.He was hit with the bad news.Not only was his family dead but his legs were amputated.Mike had to stay in the hospital so a physical thearipist could begin to teach him how life will be like without legs.Read this exciting story to hear how Mike's life changed.I recommend this story to my friends because it changed the way I think about life and it will change them.They will enjoy reading it.

its an awesome book and no its not boring its really interesting and kind of "deep" but i like it [because it] was a little creepy about sarah and all though but overall its a gd bk!!

This book was ssssssssooooooooooooooooo boring! all it did was drag on and on about nothing that was important. In most books there is and interesting twist that makes you want to keep reading, but not this book! DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!!! IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!