From: Fmce at aol.com <Fmce>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 07:16:33 -0500 (EST)

Both "Autumn Street" and "Summer to die" are autobiographical. Summer to Die is about her sister's illness. I was impressed with the juxtopositions in Summer to die - one child dying, another being born, the young girl teaching an elderly man, and others. I remember it as being very well done and still a compelling title for our fourth and fifth graders.
   I disagree with the writer who thinks a Christian background instills an optimistic view of the end of the Giver. I have that background and was sure from what I thought were the clues of the flashbacks of the scences he had been given indicating they were both freezing and/ or dying of hunger as did the little match girl I do read science fiction as my favorite leisure reading, and this theme feels very familiar, tho I do think she has done an impressive job. F. McElligott, media specialist Rosendale Elementary Niskayuna NY
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