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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Excellent book set in Melbourne about 16 year old Jamie whose family is coping with the death of his father - he and his Mum have to also care for Oscar, Jamie's younger brother who has Down Syndrome. Jamie meets Zara and things seem to be moving forward as he discovers that Zara, like him, has a sibling with a severe disability-in this case, autism. Then his Mum has to fly to Perth for the weekend and Jamie volunteers to look after Oscar and take him to all his activities, even if it means catching public transport and missing dates with Zara. But then there is huge storm in Perth and flights are delayed and his Mum doesn't come home, so Jamie gets Oscar through a Monday (while trying to catch up with his accelerated Year 12 classes) with no word from his Mum, then a Tuesday...Jamie tries ringing his aunt in Perth -no answer, his Mum's phone -no answer what has happened? Suddenly Jamie is very scared - if he calls the police, social services will come and take Oscar away. Jamie has lost his Dad, possibly his Mum, he can't lose Oscar too? Soon a few days becomes a week with no word and Jamie is dipping into his own bank account to buy food for them...the reader is hooked on how Jamie will cope and what has happened to his mother and aunt. Very realistic portrayal of what it is like to have a disabled child in your household ( speaking from experience with my autistic son) . The author also presents a feasible reason for the lack of communication by the mother and aunt- a very plausible scenario that plays heavily on the notion that parents of disabled children often become very insular and cut themselves off form others to the point that if something happens to them, only the closest family members will realise that something is wrong because they have built up a wall between themselves and the outside world. I'd be interested to know what prompted the author to write this book as they do not appear to have disabled children themselves. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Sixteen-year-old Jamie lives with his mum and his younger brother Oscar, who has Down syndrome. Though Jamie is still grieving the loss of his dad, life starts to look up when he meets Zara, the new girl at school. When their mum goes away for the weekend, Jamie volunteers to look after Oscar. But when the weekend is over and their mother doesn't return, Jamie faces the toughest challenge of his life. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Eventually he finds his mother but she is in a really bad coma and it turns out that she was driving in her car when a flood happened and it almost killed her if it weren't for the emergency services and she recovers from that eventually so they went back to the east of Australia and I was really relieved when that happened because I actually thought that she died and the two boys would become orphans or get foster parents or live with a relative but fortunately this isn't the case. If you like stories about journeys pick this one or Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul for something similar to this. ( )