Dear Blue Sky by Mary Sullivan
If there is one benefit to being a wannabe school librarian, it is being on good terms with your school librarians. Why? Because then they think of you when they go to librarian professional development, and bring you things back. In this case, seven advanced reader copies of books. Free books are always welcome.
Cass is in middle school. She has an older brother named Sef, who is a Marine being sent to Iraq in 2006. She has an older sister named Van, who is dating the singer in a rock band. She has a younger brother named Jack, who has Down's syndrome, and wants to be just like Sef.
Apparently, the whole family revolves around Sef. The reason I say this is because he is the only person their mother seems to care about, to the point of ignoring her other children who need her just as much. Also, all the siblings seem to have some hero worship of Sef, like he could do no wrong. Even when he did things that would be considered bad, their mother just swept them under the rug, like it never happened.
Cass dwells a lot on Sef being away, and she wants to learn all she can about where he is at. So, when her history teacher told them they had to read a blog about someone from somewhere else, she chose one by Blue Sky, and Iraqi girl. From Blue Sky, she learns about the Iraq not being shown on the news. It is eye opening for her.
Over the course of the book, Cass finds herself, and learns to deal with her brother being gone. It was an ok read.
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