· That’s why I tend to read books like MEMORIES OF SUMMER, which is a different twist on the same theme. Newbery Honor author Ruth White ’s book tells the story of a sixteen-year-old girl in the fifties who slips into schizophrenia shortly after her family moves from an isolated holler in Virginia to Flint, Michigan. The move is a dream-come-true for Summer and her younger sister, Lyric, until . · In , the Flint Public Library chose Memories of Summer as their One Book, One Community read, and I was honored to be invited to speak with the people of Flint about my story. I welcomed the opportunity to go back there and re-visit the place that held such bittersweet memories for BN ID: Memories of Summer. Newbery Honor Winner Ruth White gives readers an unforgettable story of one girl’s experience growing up with a sister that develops schizophrenia. It’s when year-old Lyric moves with her father and older sister, Summer, from a small Virginia town to the big industrial city of /5.
Memories of Summer by Ruth White. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 5: 97, () 2: In , thirteen-year-old Lyric finds her whole life changing when her family moves from the hills of Virginia to a town in Michigan and her older sister Summer begins descending into mental illness. MEMORIES OF SUMMER Ruth White, Author. Dell/Laurel-Leaf $ (, $ ISBN) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Children's Bookshelf Talks with Ruth White; OTHER BOOKS. Memories of Summer by Ruth White Bibliographic Information Publisher: Dell Laurel-Leaf Publication year: ISBN: Reader's Annotation Lyric and her older sister Summer have grown up inseparable in their small Virginia town. When they move to the city with their father, Summer's once mildly eccentric behavior starts to show.
Memories of Summer. Ruth White. Macmillan, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. 4 Reviews. By the author of the Newbery Honor book Belle Prater's Boy. It is the mids, and Lyrics. In , the Flint Public Library chose Memories of Summer as their One Book, One Community read, and I was honored to be invited to speak with the people of Flint about my story. I welcomed the opportunity to go back there and re-visit the place that held such bittersweet memories for me. Memories of Summer, written by Ruth White, tells the story of Summer as she begins to develop a mental illness and deviate from her “funny” ways, just as their family moves from a rural community in Virginia to the bustling industrial city of Flint, Michigan. The narration is set in the s and told in the eyes of her younger sister Lyric, who loves her elder sister dearly.
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