Laugh with the Moon

Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List Thirteen year old Clare Silver is stuck Stuck in denial about her mother s recent death Stuck in the African jungle for sixty four days without phone reception Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, working on the floor among roosters and centipedes When Clare s new friends take her on an outing to see the country, the trip goes horribly wrong, and Clare must face another heartbreak head on Only an orphan named Memory, who knows about love and loss, can teach Clare how to laugh with the moon Told from an American girl s perspective, this story about how death teaches us to live and how love endures through our memories will capture the hearts of readers everywhere. Free Read Laugh with the Moon author Shana Burg For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I would give this 2.5 stars I approached this book with a little bit of lethargy because I get sick of books about Americans going to foreign countries and realizing how wonderful they are and how spoiled we are This might be true, to some degree, but it is tiresome and predictable.This book follows Clare, a 13 year old girl, and her father who spend some time in Malawi after the tragic death of Clare s mother He is a doctor and works at a clinic and she attends school Initially Clare is fur I would give this 2.5 stars I approached this book with a little bit of lethargy because I get sick of books about Americans going to foreign countries and realizing how wonderful they are and how spoiled we are This might be true, to some degree, but it is tiresome and predictable.This book follows Clare, a 13 year old girl, and her father who spend some time in Malawi after the tragic death of Clare s mother He is a doctor and works at a clinic and she attends school Initially Clare is furious with her dad for dragging her to this country while she is still grieving for her mom The character development of the Malawi children and teachers are quite good and I found myself, despite my initial misgivings, enjoying the tale There is a death of a student in the book that is very horrifying and moving and I think would make a big impact on children that read it.The book tends to drag a bit towards the middle There are only so many animal scares that one can read about and Clare s ...Powerful book that fills us with an important level of awareness about life in other countries Taken place in current day life with smart boards, cell phones, and state testing, the character s life is up...I described this book to a co worker as Bummer, bummer, bummer, sappy, sappy, sappy, but that s probably too harsh Author Shana Burg is a decent writer and the story has some interesting parts I liked the pidgin English spoken by the Malawian characters when I was in Namibia we called their version of English Namblish , the details of life in the Malawi bush, and the friendship that forms between Clare, a 13 year old American girl and Memory, a her new classmate in Malawi But the bummers I described this book to a co worker as Bummer, bu...This book was amazing I loved it from the start I could not put it down once I started I just recently traveled to Tanzania and so many memories were brought back while I was reading this book It is a wonderful story about a girl named Clare who is made to move with her dad to Malawi for three months while he works as a missionary doctor She is completely opposed to it in the beginning and is trying to fight the reality of being there as she is also dealing with the loss of her mother The This book was amazing I loved it from the start I could not put it down once I started I just recently traveled to Tanzania and so many memories were brought back while I was reading this book It is a wonderful story about a girl name...This is a lovely book with themes that really touch the heart While it does move very quickly through the story probably a little too fast to be believable at times , that fact actually helped keep my attention While this cer...Slow Couldn t get into it.This author is visiting our school next week Excited to hear her speak about the book and her experiences.Shana Burg s Laugh with the Moon is such a complex yet simple book that packs a hefty emotional punch I cried while reading the last fourth of the book and, a month later, I still get emotional just thinking about writing this review Before I write what may sound like criticisms but are not I want to put what I will say into context Have you ever had someone tell you a story about a friend A story about something so bad or sad or hard that the insulation of the friend was required, Shana Burg s Laugh with the Moon is such a complex yet simple book that packs a hefty emotional punch I cried while reading the last fourth of the book and, a month later, I still get emotional just thinking about writing this review Before I write what may sound like criticisms but are not ...From the Publisher Thirteen year old Clare Silver is stuck Stuck in denial about her mother s recent death Stuck in the African jungle for sixty four days without phone reception Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, worki From the Publisher Thirteen year old Clare Silver is stuck Stuck in denial about her mother s recent death Stuck in the African jungle for sixty four days without phone reception Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, working on the floor among roosters and centipedes.When Clare s new friends take her on an outing to see the country, the trip goes horribly wrong, and Clare must face another heartbreak head on Only an orphan named Memory, who knows about love and loss, can teach Clare how to laugh with the moon.Told from an American girl s perspective, this story about how death teaches us to liv...Having recently returned from my first trip to Africa, I was eager to read this new novel by author Shana Burg which takes place in Malawi Thirteen year old Clare has just suffered one of the worst losses a child can imagine her mother has died, leaving her family consisting of just her and her father, a doctor who seems to care about everyone elsethan Clare At least that s the way she feels when he up and moves 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• English
• 16 March 2018
Shana Burg
• Hardcover
• 256 pages
• 0385734719
• Shana Burg
• Laugh with the Moon