| #1517707 in Books | Scholastic Press | Model: FBA-|299682 | 2012-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.30 x1.10 x5.60l,.88 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Girl's Life With An Alcoholic Father|By Susan B. Iwanisziw|A moving, semi-autobiographical novel about a family plagued by the father's all-consuming passion to obliterate his lost dreams, a trajectory that blankets his wife and young children in depression and anxiety. The well-meaning priest only makes matters worse. The thirteen-year-old protagonist solves the conundrum of|From Booklist|Aislinn has big dreams for her summer vacation, like dating Mike Mancinello and going to her first boy-girl party. However, staying home and watching her four younger siblings and trying to avoid her
A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . .
Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under lock and key and put in charge of her younger siblings. The average girl might give up, but not Aislinn. A person, she says, should write their dreams on their sl...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dreamsleeves | Coleen Murtagh Paratore.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
