My Brother's Keeper by Patricia Mccormick Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Brother's Keeper
Book Review: A moving story of love and family grief
Summary: 5 Stars
Tony's love for his older brother, the cool personality, is affected by his father's departure from the family as Toby observe his family falling apart. Jake is slipping into drug use, and Toby tries to save face by covering it up - until tensions between the two brothers escalate. My Brother's Keeper is a moving story of love and family grief evolves.
Book Review: A heartwrenching novel about a young teen who is forced to pick up after his irresponsible brother
Summary: 5 Stars
Toby Malone is having an exceptionally bad year. He worries about everything: having to take a sex-ed class at school, trying out for the baseball team, determining whether Martha MacDowell is looking at him in a funny, pathetic kind of way or in an interested kind of way, and the gray hair sprouting out of his head. Toby is especially worried about his dad, who left the family after losing his job at the factory. He hasn't heard from him in so long that he's beginning to think he might never return.
And if that isn't enough to deal with, there's Toby's older brother Jake, who is getting into serious trouble with drugs. Unlike Toby's dad, Jake does come home, but at very late hours and is stoned. He doesn't seem to care about the things that he used to care about, like being a star player on his baseball team. And he's hanging out with the local drug dealer --- and starting to steal.
Toby feels that his mom has enough to worry about (like the unpaid bills), so he is taking it upon himself to clean up after Jake's messes, to come up with excuses for why he's late and why he's sick. He finds a bit of solace in looking at his prized baseball card, the one he wishes he could show his dad, but Toby isn't sure how much longer he can cover for his brother. And just maybe this load is a little to heavy for Toby's shoulders to carry alone.
Talented author Patricia McCormick does a superb job in telling Toby's tale. She approaches this serious subject matter honestly and believably, easing through it with humorous side stories and a fast-moving plot. Everyone will benefit from and enjoy reading this novel.
--- Reviewed by Chris Shanley-Dillman, author
Book Review: Ideal summer reading for older kids
Summary: 5 Stars
Mine loved it. In fact they read it in one sitting, laughing and smiling even though it was kind of a tough subject. (Younger brother who idolizes older brother takes action when older brother slips into drugs...) If I hadn't read - and LOVED! - CUT, Patty McCormick's first bestselling book, I might not have been so trusting. But CUT was a fantastic book, the kind you can't wait to tell your friends about. My then 13-year-old daughter and her friends devoured it in one week. Same thing with MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. Stick it in your kids backpack for summer camp. They'll be pleasantly surprised.
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