{"product_id":"sweet-whispers-brother-rush-9780380651931","title":"Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award Finalist * Newbery Honor Book * Coretta Scott King Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis towering classic from the esteemed author Virginia Hamilton \"is like a thoughtfully designed African American quilt. It is finely stitched, tightly constructed, and rooted in cultural authenticity.\"*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy had Brother Rush come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys back into her own childhood?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas it to help Dab, her older brother, who sometimes took more care and love than Tree had to give? Was it for her mother, M'Vy, who loved them the best she knew how but wasn't home enough to ease the terrible longing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever secrets Brother Rush's whispered message held, Tree knew she must follow. She must follow Brother Rush through the magic mirror, and find out the truth. About all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Paterson, reviewing this powerful novel in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, commented: \"Just read the first page, just the first paragraph, of \u003cem\u003eSweet Whispers, Brother Rush\u003c\/em\u003e. Then stop--if you can. The last time a first paragraph chilled my spine like this one, I was sixteen years old, hunched over a copy of \u003cem\u003eRebecca\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Geraldine Wilson in \u003cem\u003eInterracial Books for Children Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.18w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780380651931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e141 \/ Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Coretta Scott King Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2001 pg. 1149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamilton, Virginia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e's books have won many awards and honors. One of these, the first book ever to win both the John Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, \u003cem\u003eM.C. Higgins, the Great\u003c\/em\u003e, was also the recipent of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her\u003cem\u003e Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003ea National Book Award Finalist, Newbery Honor Book, and Coiretta Scott King Award winner--is another towering classic of young adult literature. \u003cem\u003eThe Planet of Junior Brown\u003c\/em\u003e was a Newbery Honor Book in 1971, and four of Virginia Hamilton's other books have been named Notable Children's books by the American Library Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43144563490931,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_90ce1193-902d-41b9-9cd0-b32e63842d5b.jpg?v=1750504982","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sweet-whispers-brother-rush-9780380651931","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}