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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Line Tender (edizione 2020)di Kate Allen (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This was a quiet book about loss, grief, and growing up. Grief is difficult to understand and process, but Allen portrayed the grief and confuson that Lucy felt so realistically, it was hard not to feel it also. I loved the setting. The book took place in Rockport, Massachusetts near the cape and there were some moments when I truly felt like I could feel the spray of the ocean and smell the salt of the sea. I also liked the marine biologist aspect. Lucy's mother, who passed away when she was eight, was a marine biologist and it was interesting to read about her research into sharks and what a marine biologist actually does. I loved all of the characters: Lucy, Fred, Lucy's dad, Sookie, Mr. Patterson, and Vern Devine, Lucy's mother's research mentor. Vern had dementia and I really appreciated how Allen wrote his character. My grandmother also has dememtia so I could relate to how quickly conversations and names are forgotten. My only critique of the book is that it felt a little long. Towards the end, I was starting to get antsy and just wanted to finish it. I do recommend this book. It's a great book for those who are interested in realistic fiction that touches on grief but also on finding meaning after difficult times. I don't typically read books that I feel like might make me sad but I'm glad I read this one. Lucy and her childhood friend/next door neighbor Fred are exploring their ocean-side Massachusetts town over the summer for local marine wildlife to put in their extracurricular field guide- their rule is they can only include a creature if they see it. Fred is the scientist, and Lucy is a talented illustrator. Her mother was a prominent marine biologist and Great White shark expert who died of a brain aneurysm 5 years ago. This book is a very real portrayal of grief, both fresh and old, and how it doesn’t always matter how long it’s been since a loss for it to hurt. The tone is melancholic, but told from Lucy’s point of view it’s also very simplistic and straight forward. She’s learning to carry a heavy weight, and her father and community of neighbors help her carry it. The book also provides a very real insight into the dangers and realities of underage drinking, namely that it will not be strangers trying to pressure you, but instead is a choice Lucy and Fred make because people they love and admire are doing it too, and it seems so fun. Each chapter begins with a different illustration of a shark, which helps bring the field guide to life. 12-year-old Lucy lost her marine biologist mom when she was 7, and now she's managing fairly well with the help of her rescue diver father, old Mr. Patterson next door, and her neighbor/best friend, Fred. But when she suffers another sudden loss, she needs to come to terms with both sources of grief, and she finds that the best way to do that is to help carry on her mother's research. This one was...okay. A little slow for me, but I suspect it would be a great resource for kiddos going through a loss of their own, or for ones looking to understand the grief of others. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it. Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water—thanks in large part to a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white—and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was "meaningful" but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother's unfinished research on the Great White's return to Cape Cod. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she'll finally be able to look beyond what she's lost and toward what's left to be discovered. ?"Confidently voiced."—Kirkus Reviews, starred ?"Richly layered."—Publishers Weekly, starred ?"A hopeful path forward."—Booklist, starred ?"Life-affirming."—BCCB, starred ?"Big-hearted." —Bookpage, starred ?“Will appeal to just about everyone.” – SLC, starred ?"Exquisitely, beautifully real."—Shelf Awareness, starred. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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A line tender is the person who holds a diver's line while they're underwater. Different numbers of pulls on the line are used to communicate between the diver and the surface. As the narrator, Lucy, tells us in the book, one pull means the diver's reached the bottom, six means an emergency, and so on. Early on in the book we discover that Lucy's dad is a rescue diver.
I hope this book serves as a line to many kids who have experienced the loss of a loved one, and maybe even to some adults. ( )