BOOKS: Stone water by Barbara Snow Gilbert

[Fred Muller Newton <fmuller@SATURN.PLANET.NET>]

WOW!  What a heart-wrenching book!  The story opens with a 13-year-old boy
learning that his grandfather had a stroke and is place in an  intense
care section of a nursing home.  He finds a letter saying "open only if I
am sent to the other wing>"  In it the grandafther essentially asks for
the boy to end his life.  He can't tell his father (a lawyer) or his
mother (a judge) and he dares not tell anyone else. He hopes the
grandfather will die so he won't have to "do it" while his father (the
sone of the grandfather) gives permission to put the grandfather on life
support machines if needed.  This brings the situation to a head.
   The only downfall of the book is the cover - BORING.  If even put off
reading it because of the cover - make sure that you read it.


Frederick Muller,      Halsted Middle School Library
Librarian              59 Halsted Street         voice (973) 383-7440x228
fmuller@planet.net     Newton, NJ  07860               FAX (973) 383-7432

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