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A novel in words and sketches. “It's only temporary,” twelve-year-old Skye McPhee writes in her sketchbook after being shipped off to her gran's in Sierre Madre, California. After all, her parents have their hands full taking care of her older brother, who's been severely injured in a car accident. So now Skye is in a new school sketching new kids and trying to stay invisible until she can return home.
But her new life starts turning out better than she hoped; she's making cool friends, and being away from her brother is actually drawing her closer to him. And then her sketchbook disappears and everything changes. Suddenly, Skye realizes that she doesn't want her life in Sierra Madre to be temporary after all. But does she have a choice?
Gr 4-7
After her brother is injured in a devastating car accident, 12-year-old Skye's life is turned upside down. She is sent from Albuquerque, NM, to live with her grandmother in Sierra Madre, CA, while Scott rehabilitates at home. Skye intends to remain as invisible as possible as she starts middle school in a new city, reminding herself that the move is only temporary and that she will be back with her family and friends in a few months. Chronicling her experiences and emotions in her sketchbook/journal, Skye relies on her art as an outlet for her frustration and feelings of helplessness. Her life improves as she makes friends with other art students and as her emails with her brother become more than just part of his physical therapy, reconnecting the siblings in a relationship they hadn't had since well before the accident. Problems arise at school in the form of a few football players who tease and bully the art students. Skye's idea to get back at the jocks and the boys' subsequent revenge make up the climax of the novel. The third-person narrative is accompanied by drawings, thoughts, and lists from Skye's sketchbook. Her emotions and reactions are believable and the closeness she gradually develops with her brother is gratifying. A solid selection that incorporates themes of creative expression, friendship, and self-discovery.-Amanda Raklovits, Champaign Public Library, IL
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Norman Trinh
reviewed It's Only Temporary on October 23, 2012
It's Only Temporary
Mr. Norman recently read this book to us called, "it's Only Temporary" by: Sally Warner! I think this book is pretty good because it uses challenges that could happen to anybody like bullies, moving to a new school having to make NEW friends far away from your old ones, and even like a hurt brother in the hospital you might miss. I think this book uses some big words, but if you inference it will help you a lot (we had to inference in class!) I can connect to this story when Skye the main character (the girl!) misses her brother who is injured from a car reck that lies in a hospital bed. I can connect to that like when I miss my mom if she is gone for a while or out of town! Skye is in a situation I'd never want anyone to be in she has to make new friends at a new school, live with her grandma that lives far away from her home, and does not even get to see her parents, brother, or friends for a long time. This book is interesting, sad until the end, and touching! This is one of those books you just want the character (Skye) to change her life go back home, go to the same school she was at, see her parents everyday, and even visit her brother more often! I felt it was nice of her brother to keyboard (email) Skye for his keyboarding for the day (this happened when he was recovering!) Overall I would give this book 3 out of 5 stars because it is a good book, but I think it shouldn't be as sad or depressing as it is. I recommend this book to ANYBODY who likes a good and touching story!
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