Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Healing Spell by Kimberley Little + Giveaway!


Twelve-year-old Livie is living with a secret and it's crushing her. She knows she is responsible for her mother's coma, but she can't tell anyone. It's up to her to find a way to wake her momma up. 


Stuck in the middle of three sisters, hiding a forbidden pet alligator, and afraid to disappoint her daddy, whom she loves more than anyone else, Livie struggles to find her place within her own family as she learns about the powers of faith and redemption. Livie's powerful, emotional, and sometimes humorous story will stay with readers long after the last line is read.

Set in the lush bayou of Louisiana, Kimberley Griffiths Little brings Livie's story to life with power and grace.

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My Thoughts

Livie’s mama lies in a coma inside their little home near a Louisiana bayou. While Livie’s daddy and her sisters can help care for her mama, she can’t bring herself to touch her. And Livie holds a powerful secret inside herself about the day of her mama’s accident. When Livie starts a quest to find a way to heal her mama, she finds that she must first heal herself.

The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little is a story of love and forgiveness and the complicated relationships mothers can have with their daughters. As one of three girls, Livie feels like her mother has always loved her sisters more that she loves her. That’s because Livie is more comfortable hunting and fishing and raising crawfish traps on the bayou with her daddy than she is acting like a young lady. She also doesn’t get along with her sisters for the same reason.

This book teach both mothers and daughters how family members can find a way to appreciate each other’s differences, and what role faith plays in our lives. It should also be fun for readers to learn about the bayou country of Louisiana and the way that some people lived.
 

The Healing Spell is more of a classic story for me. One like Old Yeller, and Huckleberry Finn. While I was reading I couldn't help to think that I was back in middle school sitting in class. This was definitely a book to enjoy and reminisce about the glory days. The Healing Spell is a delight, and I highly recommend it. 



** Thanks to Teen Book Scene for hosting this tour. **

******** GIVEAWAY********

Winner will receive an ARC of this book courtesy of the Author.
US only!

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Ends Dec. 23

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14 comments:

  1. Looks like a special book. Thanks for the giveaway!
    lexie.bookbug(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  2. Nice review...sounds like a good book!
    twinmomx5 at gmail dot com

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  3. Thanks for a great review! This sounds fantastic.

    Vivien
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  4. Story sounds as lush as the cover.
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  5. The Healing spell dounds delightful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and a copy.

    findjessyhere at gmail dot com

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  6. sounds like a good book and the cover is really pretty. Thanks for entering me into this giveaway.

    unforgetable_dreamer_always (at) hotmail.com

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  7. Looks like a great book. Please enter me in the giveaway.

    justpeachy36@yahoo.com

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  8. A pet alligator! :) cute!

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  9. Sounds like an excellent book. Love the cover art.

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  10. This sounds like a story I'd love to read. The cover art is terrific, and I've no doubt the words inside are marvelous too. Thanks for sharing your interview with Livie.

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  11. Sounds lieka great book to read. =) Good luck to all the entries. too.

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    ~Jannette~ =)

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  12. I'd love to read this book!

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  13. Thanks so much!
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  14. Great review, I would love to read this book. Thanks for the chance to win.

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