Nyle is a teenage girl that lived in a house next to her farm with sheeps. Spoiler alert This novel began in a family that only consisted of Nyle and her grandmother, because her father left her and both her mother and grandfather died. Although the book ended sadly, it ended peacefully and you really see Nyle's character grow up and understand and come to terms with some of the hardest things in life. I loved the progression of Nyle and Ezra's relationship and I found myself on pins and needles at the end of the book when Ezra's health is in jeopardy. I loved that something Nyle was so afraid of ended up being something she loved very fiercely toward the end of the book. I like that her books have relatable and lovable characters and that they read rather quickly. I loved the progression of Nyle and Ezra's relationship and I found myself on pins and needles at the end of the book when Ezra's This book was recommended to me by my sister and I'm so glad I listened! First, I love Karen Hesse's style and have read at least one other book by her. This book was recommended to me by my sister and I'm so glad I listened! First, I love Karen Hesse's style and have read at least one other book by her. It's a beautiful story of first love and loss under the backdrop of a terrifying tragedy that we all fear. While it's juvenile fiction, nothing about it reads that way. I re-read this and loved it just as much now as I did back then. I cannot tell you how many times I signed this book out of the library, and read it with a box of tissues.ĭecember 2011: I got this book as a Christmas gift because my sister knew how much I loved this book and wanted a copy. It's a beautiful story of first love and loss under the bac Though I haven't read this book in YEARS, it used to be one of my favorites in school.

December 2011: I got this book as a Christmas gift because my sister knew how much I loved this book and wanted a copy. I cannot tell you how many times I signed this book out of the library, and read it with a box of tissues. Though I haven't read this book in YEARS, it used to be one of my favorites in school. Part love story, part coming of age, this is a tour de force by a gifted writer.more Karen Hesse's voice and vision are grounded in truth she takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes it resonate with honesty. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her. Now Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. The back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, 'refugees' from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the E Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant.

Phoenix rising