Yesterday's Child

by Sonia Levitin

Book Overview

"Time will help. Time will heal." That's what people promised. But for Laura, nothing is helping or healing. Her mother's death has left a void in her. It's made Laura realize she hardly knew her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689808100
• ISBN13: 9780689808104
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Book!!!

I loved this book! I usually hate reading but once I got this book for Christmas and started reading it, I couldn't put it down untill I was done! This is a great book and I would reccomend it to anyone who likes mystery and love stories. I totally desagree with some of the other reveiws saying that they woudln't recommend it to anyone. I recommend this to everyone, it's the best book I've ever read and I think anyone else would like it too.

GREAT BOOK!

Oh, if you only read one English Book in this world, let it be this one! It's mystery, adventure, romance and its great for everyone! This girl Laura scoops through her moms stuff and finds this letter that changes her life, because Laura finds out things about her mother that makes her seem like some person Laura never knew. Laura is definetely someone that teens can relate to not in the way of their moms being that secretive but in the way of being curious about their parents. Its a must-read!

Yesterday?s Child Will Blow You Away!

16 year old Laura Inman's mother has just died and Laura has realized that she has known slim to nothing about her mother's life. Laura wishes she could have gotten to know her mother better before she had died. Laura searches the thoughts of her memory to figure out why her mother kept so closed off from the world, and even why so closed off from her own daughter. Laura snoops into her mother's stuff and finds a hidden secret to be forgiven in a letter. Laura's mother wrote the letter to an old friend, Megan. Who is Megan? Laura's curiosity into her mother's words written to Megan in the letter could help Laura learn deceiving details about her mother's past, and what happened between her mother and Megan 25 years ago. A class trip to Washington D.C. sets everything straight, but untold stories of her mother's past are brought forward. Will her mother's past help or will her mother's past change Laura's life forever? Well if that didn't get you interested, nothing will. Yesterday's Child stayed interesting and kept me interested the whole time. Every time I`d pick this book up I hated putting it back down. The way that Sonia Levitin wrote this book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. A great thing about this book is that it did not drag on. Levitin left you confused and interested all the time, therefore causing you to keep reading as the suspense continued. I enjoyed it so much because of the way the story was told with a mystery plot but also how it added the other details of a teenage girl's life. By doing that, it gave me something to relate to in this book. A young teenage girl as the main character showed the determination and bravery of a young woman's journey through life's sticky situations. So if you enjoy reading about something interesting, that you can relate to, and that doesn't drag on, I highly suggest that you go and read Yesterday's Child by Sonia Levitin. Will Laura's mother's past change your life as well?

THIS BOOK IS GREAT!

I looooved this book! It was really intense & didn't have any slow or boring parts that make you want to quit reading the book. It was fabulous!

THIS BOOK WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER READ

THIS BOOK WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS AN AGATHA CHRISTY MYSTERY. THERE WERE TWISTS AND TURNS EVERYWHERE IN THE BOOK. IN ONE SENTENCE, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS BOOK HAD LOVE, HAPPINESS, SADNESS AND MYSTERY AND IT WAS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!