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Question: A girl makes friends with twin girls who are different from each other....
Asked by mrs_eke on Wed 18, Nov 2009 08:51pm :the main girls name is Clara sperry, but everyone calls her Razz, because its a joke that her name is "razz sperry" the twin girls i can't remember their names, but one is shyer than the other. the not shy one has a stroke in the story and clara spends all her time trying to bring her friend back to the way she was. clara has a large family with a dad who doesn't seem to take much interest in her or anyone. the family is pretty dysfunctional. i think the book may have been titled "saving ..." whatever the twins name is, or "being..." or "bringing back ..."
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Answer:Answer by willaful on Fri 20, Nov 2009 09:00am:Bringing Nettie Back by Nancy Hope Wilson. Very powerful book, I still remember it from reading it in 1992, though I had to look up the title and author. » Promoted from comment « After her first two choices decline, ten-year-old Clara reluctantly invites a girl she hardly knows and her twin sister to spend a week at grandmother's farm. When they finally come, Clara and Nettie, the more outgoing of the two, are drawn to each other. Patty, the shy twin, accepts this friendship and plays with Clara's younger siblings or entertains herself. Shortly after they return to school, Nettie is struck down by a cerebral hemorrhage. During the months she is in a coma, Patty and Clara comfort one another, but they realize that neither one can replace a best friend or beloved sister. When Nettie finally comes home, she slowly regains physical and some mental capabilities, but she is a shell of her former self. Clara invites her to the farm hoping to rekindle her spirit. Finally, her understanding mother and wise grandmother help Clara accept Nettie as she is. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380722569?ie=UTF8&tag=whatsthatbook-20&linkCode=as2 |