The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead (Paperback)

from icedream

I loved the premise of The Girl Who Could Speak for the Dead and I did enjoy the story most of the time. I just wish it had lived up to its potential a little more. I found myself when reading the story imagining how much further it could go and then when it came to the end I really wanted it to ...

from dissed1

I just couldn't follow this book. It seemed to me like it was all over the place, jumping from one era to another, throwing in too many characters and plotlines and not tying a whole lot of it together. Most disappointingly, The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead just never delivered the promised ...

from nnjmom

In the aftermath of World War I, a thirteen-year-old girl discovers a peculiar talent. When Emily cracks a bone in her ankle, the popping sound appears to come from midair. She reveals her discovery to Michael, her twin brother, and the two hatch a scheme to convince the neighborhood kids that th...

from mckait

If you listen to the story of any family through several generations, what you hear is never a simple tale. Nor is such a story without it's good folks or it's bad. Much of it is like a gently flowing river, however. Flowing softly around a few obstacles here and there along the way, is how I wou...

from -Cee-

Secrets, lies, and the complexities of the mind form a web of deceit in which the weak and vulnerable are bound in this first novel by Paul Elwork. This author takes thirteen year old twins and their imaginative summer play to a world filled with the pain of grief. He explores the value of lying ...