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Dancing in the rain Lynn Joseph.

By: Kingston, Jamaica : Blouse & Skirt Books, 2016Description: 200 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789769543690
  • 9769543691
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic]
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.J77935 Dan 2016
Awards:
  • 3rd Place Winner Burt Award for Caribbean Literature (2015)
Summary: Twelve year-old Elizabeth, usually happy and full of life, has her world crumble around her when the Twin Towers fall and her family falls apart. When Brandt, eight years-old, and Jared, thirteen years old, arrive on the island Elizabeth shows them a new way to look at the world and she begins to laugh again. Together they must help their families overcome the sorrow and live again.
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Dancing in the rain tells the story of 12 year-old Elizabeth who lives every moment to the fullest. Her joyful world crumbles around her when two planes bring down the Twin Towers and tear her family apart. Even though she is thousands of miles away, she is touched by this tragedy, and is swimming in a sea of loss. She finally finds hope when she meets her kindred spirit in 8 year-old Brandt and his 13 year-old brother, Jared.

Twelve year-old Elizabeth, usually happy and full of life, has her world crumble around her when the Twin Towers fall and her family falls apart. When Brandt, eight years-old, and Jared, thirteen years old, arrive on the island Elizabeth shows them a new way to look at the world and she begins to laugh again. Together they must help their families overcome the sorrow and live again.

3rd Place Winner Burt Award for Caribbean Literature (2015)

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