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Sarah Nelson writes letters to Atticus Finch for help understanding her mentally ill mother, her first real crush, and life in her small Texas town, all in the course of one momentous summer.
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I was really excited to read this because it had been on my shelf for a whole year and MG contemporaries involving Mental Health are books you rarely see.
But sadly this was one big borefest of a read and it's onlypages long, This takes place during a summer and nothing really happens, except for Sarah finally finding the courage to tell her alcoholic father how she really feels, I was really rooting for this because it was super intense, I mean the main character's own twin brother was drowned by their mother and she was the only one to make it out alive.
I found myself skimming the lastpages and found that this was pretty much a waste of good reading time, On to the next one and I hope it's better than this was,

Richard Un coming of age

muy simpático con una protagonista entrañable

No sé si esto calificará como reseña porque no hay mucho para decir de este libro más que lo que dice la sinopsis.

Este libro carece de argumento, Es más bien una recopilación de anécdotas y pensamientos internos sobre una diversidad de tópicos bastante interesantes y bastante variados desde la perspectiva de Sarah, una preadolescente deaños que vive con su padre alcohólico y el fantasma de su madre que está en un institución mental luego de que intentar ahogarla a ella y a su gemelo éste sí falleció.

Si bien la premisa es triste la atmósfera del libro es bastante optimista, el tono entre la inocencia y la madurez con la que Sarah ve el mundo es enternecedor.
Es un personaje agradable de leer, por momentos hilarante, por momentos admirable,

Lo leí en dos días y fue una compañía agradable, se lee rápido y me dieron muchas ganas de leer Como matar a un ruiseñor.


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sitelinkMi blog One Sentence : Had some nice moments in it and it's certainly a readable premise, but I'm a little disappointed that the central worry whether or not she'd turn out crazy like her mother was dropped like a hot potato midway through.
Children's books have ventured into ground once held only by the occasional teen read, Poverty. Alcoholic parents. Dwarfism. Issues that were once taboo for younger, sensitive readers,

I was one of those sensitive readers, I still am. I've had to put away a lot of books that are too difficult to read,

After i read the blurb on the back, I was very worried that I'd have to set aside this book,

No fears. Yes, it is a difficult subject the main character's mother drowned her son and tried to drown her daughter, But it is perfectly explored, with all the thoughts and questions you might expect from a young girl,

I liked this story very much,.
I was a huge fan of courage for beginners and mayday, they were some of the best books I read that year, I really wanted to like this but Sarah's wasn't a very believableyear old, she seemed a lot younger likeor, Lo llené de post it lt,stars Though not normally my preferred genre, I really enjoyed this book, I just loved the feeling that I was actually hearing a child's way of thinking about adult issues her voice seemed very authentic, This is an interesting and unusual story premise and a very likeable main character, Tough topics, but done tastefully, so this book will be great for the middle school library,

Sarah Nelson is one of my new favorite characters in Young Adult Fiction, This is the quirky story of a girl in the summer betweenth andth grade, She has already had to navigate a minefield is issues in her short life: crazy mom, distracted/stressed dad, and moving constantly, On the advice on her English teacher, Sarah begins her summer writing to her favorite character: Atticus Finch, The reader follows Sarah on her summer of discovery as she finds her voice and the strength to face her scariest issues, After reading this book, I want to start writing letters to Sarah! While this book is about a middle school aged character, the themes and issues Harrington writes about would be appropriate for high school students, too! Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington, published.


Realistic fiction.

Novel.

Grades.

Found via Booklist, reviewed by Abby Nolan,

When Sarah Nelson was two, her mother tried to drown her, She succeeded with Sarah's twin brother, but now Sarah's mother lives at a psychiatric ward, and her father habitually drinks to sleep at night, Sarah, now twelve, just wants to have a normal summer instead of being shipped off to her stay with her grandparents, Surprisingly, Sarah's father obliges, and Sarah spends the summer learning about dating from her collegeaged neighbor, falling in love with her neighbor's spellingchampion brother, and worrying that everyone will learn about her family's tragic past during the seventhgrade family genealogy project.
Though readers should be warned about the references to psychiatric disorders and infanticide, Sarah's intelligence and strength will appeal to readers, especially those dealing with their own difficult family circumstances.
er Karen Harrington agrees, noting that "Harrington, . . makes it clear that it's Sarah's courage and urge to communication that will push her beyond her traumatic childhood, " I am in LOVE with this book, Sarah and I had SO much in common, She inspired to me to write about anything and everything I'm feeling, She gave me the desire to write a letter to her, her mother, her father, and her twin, Simon, I even teared up a bit! I could go on and on about this book saying wonderful things, I want more people to read this book! I totally thought this was going to be emotionally riveting, A young girl is dealing with her lifeyears after her mother tried to drown her and her brother, succeeding in killing her twin brother, while she survived, As Sarah approaches ageand is growing into a young woman, she is faced with many challenges,
She lives with her dad who is very sad and drinks to cope, she is curious about her mother who is institutionalized, and is worried about doing a family tree in her upcomingth grade year in school.
Since her story was all over the news, her father and her have moved several times once people find out who she is so Sarah lives in fear of people finding out.
She is coping who growing, finding a crush, have a college age girl be a sort of replacement mom and writes to Atticus Finch in her diary to sort out her feelings and she collects words.


Other than that nothing really happens in this story, I found being in her head only slightly interesting but not the emotional punch I thought it would give me, It's was just meh. Her mother has been institutionalized ever since she tried to drownyearold Sarah when Sarah was two, At the same time she was successful in killing Sarah's twin brother, Will Sarah be mentally ill too She is worried but there's no one she can talk to about such terrifying issues, Her dad is a functioning alcoholic, Every time a new story comes out about her mother, they pull up stakes and move to a new town where no one knows them, Sarah is tired of moving, and tired of hiding, and tired of her dad's drinking, So when the local news does a piece on her mom once again she puts her foot down, A great comingofage story Sarah realizes that no one is going to do things for her, and that adults aren't right about everything, and that overall life is hard but that there is always hope and a chance for redemption.
Wow! As an eclectic reader, I enjoy delving into young adult books as well as books for children, Recently, I read Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington, written for readers agedand up, The story follows Sarah Nelson as she leaves elementary school and is heading for seventh grade after the summer break,

Sarahs life is complicated by the fact that when she was two, her mother tried to drown Sarah, and the mother was successful in drowning Sarahs twin brother.
Her mother now lives in a mental institution, Sarah rarely gets to see her mother, Even when she does see her mother, the visits are extremely unsatisfactory,

Sarah lives with her dad, a college professor, The two have moved frequently because her father feels compelled to leave a city once his wifes actions are brought to light again, Approaching the tenth anniversary of the attempted murders, Sarah fears reporters will dredge up the information again, She is always watching over her shoulder for journalists who might ambush her to ask questions,

Another sad complication is that Sarahs dad is a good man, but he often drinks to excess, Sarah is concerned about her dad and his drinking, but she usually bites her tongue rather than say what she is thinking, With summer on the horizon, Sarah knows her dad will pack her off to his parents home for the vacation, She begs him to let her stay with him, and he relents when Charlotte, the college student across the street, agrees to watch Sarah for the summer,

The title comes from Sarahs worries that she may be like her mother, although crazy is not a word her father allows her to use, She also worries that she may be like her dad and abuse alcohol, These are very real concerns for Sarah, so she writes about them in her journal, In fact, she keeps two journals, Her fake journal is all sweetness and light she leaves it out so that anyone could read it, Her real journal delves into the questions that plague her, and she keeps this one carefully hidden, Sarahs journal is also a place for her to keep trouble words

When Sarahs sixthgrade teacher is sending the children off for the summer, he challenges them to write whether they write letters or keep a journal.
Sarah starts writing letters to Atticus Finch because To Kill a Mockingbird is one of her favorite books, Too, Atticus Finch is the perfect father, one who listens to his children and teaches them without being preachy, Sarah also wishes for someone like Calpurnia in her life,

Sure Signs of Crazy gives readers a moving story of a young girl and the trouble she faces without a mother and a nearly absent father, Readers will be glad to know that the story gives Sarah and readers hope,
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