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Richter, Jutta

The Summer of the Pike

92 pp. | Milkweed | November, 2006 | Trade ISBN 1-57131-671-X $16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-57131-672-8 $6.95
(3) 4-6 Translated by Anna Brailovsky. Illustrated by Quint Buchholz. In this quiet, affecting story, Daniel and Lucas's mother is dying of cancer, and their best friend, Anna (the story's narrator), comes to understand that all of their lives will be forever changed. The children's reactions to their first experience with death are heartbreakingly realistic, as their emotional struggles are reflected by their summertime quest to catch an elusive pike.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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