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Cousins
Cousins
Cousins
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Cousins

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Cammy’s only trouble in life is a cousin named Patty Ann who overshadows her in every way—until suddenly, Patty Ann is no longer around  
Cammy has a happy life and a great family, except for one little problem: a cousin who thinks she’s better than everyone else. It’s true that Patty Ann is beautiful, talented, and bright, but to Cammy she’s also vain, conceited, and mean-spirited. Sometimes Cammy wishes that Patty Ann would disappear, just vanish in a puff of smoke. But when the unthinkable happens and Patty Ann is lost forever, Cammy struggles to atone for her bad feelings toward someone so close.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 15, 2011
ISBN9781453213827
Cousins
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Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002) was the author of over forty books for children, young adults, and their older allies. Throughout a career that spanned four decades, Hamilton earned numerous accolades for her work, including nearly every major award available to writers of youth literature. In 1974, M.C. Higgins, the Great earned Hamilton the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal (which she was the first African-American author to receive), and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, three of the field’s most prestigious awards. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition bestowed on a writer of books for young readers, in 1992, and in 1995 became the first children’s book author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, or “Genius Award.” She was also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    hree cousins set out on an emotional journey over a summer, in which there is rivalry, deep hostility, and a death.Death, cousins, grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.Hardcover... challenge
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I was wondering what was going to happen to stir up the cousins! I could not relate to this aspect of the book; I never was close to my cousins or grandmother, but I thoroughly enjoyed the humor in the family relationships in this book. The book touches on a lot of issues that would lead to great book discussions – dealing with death, under-age drinking, unemployment, language, caring for elderly family members, and prejudice. Central to the book is dealing with death – both of the inevitable death of Gram Tut and the sudden death of Patty Ann. Many people have difficulty discussing death with elderly people and I really enjoyed the way Cammy and Gram handle it in the book. The language used in the book seemed authentic as well, even down to the grandmother constantly thinking about the children not speaking "proper" English. The most striking feature of the book for me, however, was the honesty. The feelings of the characters are shared without shame, but the characters grow and mature.

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