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An Unconditional Love by Cassyashton Porter (Young Adult)
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Featured Author: Rita Hestand for Rita's Kid Reviews Rating: 5 stars
Ms. Porter brings us a young adult that won't be forgotten, long after it's read. Beautifully written, this books stands out in my mind as one of the great young adults of it's time. Now, I'll tell you why!
Jami Caldwell is going to another foster home, only this time it's the home of her parents twins. Yes, both her parents were twins that married twins. Unfortunately Jami's parents died in a fire, a little more than a year ago. Jamie and her sister Tami were separated when another couple wanted to adopt Tami. She was six, and Jami was already thirteen.
First Jami is faced with look alike parents, Lily and August Peterson. She can't resist running into their arms, until she realizes they aren't her parents, only twins. They also have a daughter the same age, she used to play with, Matilda. Jami doesn't remember them, because her parents became estranged long ago from their family.
Jami has migraines and has medicine she must take for them. Every time she's under too much stress the headaches come.
With love and understanding Jami soon realizes that this family accepts her as their own and enroll her into school. Jami and Matilda get along great. But still Jami misses Tami. It's her greatest wish to have Tami with her.
But the headaches don't go away, and after talking with her many times and earning her trust, Lily soon learns that Jami has been abused by other foster parents. After a doctor examines Jamie, they find out that it's because of this abuse that Jami is dying. She has a brain tumor.
Even with this Jami learns to adjust, now if she can just see Tami again, she can over come anything.
This book is about learning to overcome, about love of family, learning to trust, and about eternal love. I became engrossed in this book. It is a work of art for the right age children to read and understand. It deals with hard issues in life (death, abuse, and after life) and makes them better. It's thoroughly uplifting and encouraging. However, I feel this is the kind of book too that a parent should have their teenager read, then they should sit down with them and talk about it, because it is a moving story that will affect everyone. It touches light on many heavy issues that are part of real life and could be one of the most profound works your teenager reads. So I encourage all parents to present it to their teenagers, and then sit and talk about it. Unless you take the time to read it yourself, and talk with your teenager about it, the value could be too easily lost. Something like this should be shared with the entire family and talked about. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it certainly makes you feel! Bravo Ms. Porter, Bravo!
Featured Author: Christina Lewis, freelance writer and owner/editor of http://www.kidsbookshelf.com - a children's literature website, and http:/ When Jami's parents died in the fire Jami and her younger sister Tami were left all alone. While Tami was adopted into a loving family Jami was shuffled from foster home to foster home, carrying a terrible secret of abuse with her. When Jami finally goes to live with her aunt and uncle she is afraid that they will eventually send her away too. Can Jami learn to love and trust again after all she has been through? Will she be able to find peace before it's her time to leave this world all too soon?
This is a touching story about love and loss, caring and understanding. Just be sure to have plenty of tissues on hand!
Featured Author: Mrs Mouse, Author of "I Can Grow!", personal homepage, http://www.mrsmousehouse.com For Jami Caldwell, 13, trust is just as impossible as believing in unconditional love. Two years of hard knocks, losing her parents in a fire, losing touch with her much loved sister, losing out in one foster home after another, ill prepare her to face life with the Peterson's.
For Lily and August Peterson, this sad situation has created a joyous chance to be with the niece they've always loved, and dearly missed, but even they must wonder if they are up to the challenge of raising such a scarred young woman.
For Matilda, the Peterson's daughter, Jami is the friend, soul mate, and confidant she's always longed for, if Jami will only let her in.
"Unconditional Love" by Cassyashton Porter took me on a personal roller coaster ride, challenging my own ability to trust, and love, when faced with one life challenge after another. I found myself scared, frustrated, and as angry as Jami, crying with her and laughing with her, as she faced all that life had to throw at her.
When I finished the last page I felt proud to have known her, just as though she were real.
Cassyashton Porter has created real people out of whole cloth, and done it very well. Her ability to show how a damaged child, and those who love her, would deal with the many faceted sides of trust, fear, acceptance, and love is extremely well done. I will definitely be looking for more of her work to add to my library!
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