Alone at Ninety Foot

by Katherine Holubitsky

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Pamela Collins is struggling to come to terms with her mother's death.

Somewhat shy, Pamela is thoughtful, full of passion, often funny, and sometimes tearful as she learns to cope with the emotional overload the tragedy has brought to her life. Her favourite things include walking alone in Lynn Canyon Park, the art of Emily Carr, and a certain boy with a "wicked grin." At the moment she dislikes her English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551432048
• ISBN13: 9781551432045
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Awesome Book

This book was aswesom. I just loved it. I would read it more then once. This book to me would be for mostly just the girls. You really get into Pam's life when reading this book. This book was sad and parts funny. But altogether a good book. Reading about the character and what all happened in her life like this, it touched my heart! I loved reading about her father and his new girlfriend and her nana. How her best friend went weird and turned back and wanted to be her friend again. A popular girl at school has a boyfriend who whice Pam falls in love with. It's a vvery exciting book. A thriller and a book to read over and over again!!!!! ASWESOME BOOK!!!!!!

Letter to the Author

Dear Katherine Holubitsky, I want to say that I have enjoyed reading your story, "Alone at Ninety Foot". I liked it because it was very sad. It reminded me of my friend's grandmother. I realized how it feels to lose someone special. My friend's and Pamela's actions were the same. It made me want to read the story even more. It is very depressing knowing that you can't replace a loved one. Therefore my opinion on the story is that it is very touching. You can go through a lot of pain and grief losing a loved one. I like to commend youfor such a good job on organizing the story. The character development was great. It made the story easier for me to understand. I like how you organized the character's roles. In conclusion, I want to say thank you for doing a great job and letting me to enjoy a wonderful novel. Truly yours, Manly Lau(Francis Libermann Catholic High School)

Alone at niety foot

Have you ever felt lonely? Have young ever lost someone you love? Katherine Holubitsky takes you through the exciting life of Pamela Collins. For being Katherine Holubitsky first book it is really good. The book has lots of wonderful characters like Pamela who is the principal character, her father, the boring girl friend of her father, and the other people at school.Pamela is about 14 years old. She likes to sped most of her time at a mountain called Ninety Foot, she likes these place because she uses it as a hiding place when she escapes from school and it also reminds her of her mother. For Pamela this mountain is special but for the other people in town no because lots of people have gone missing and lots of murders have take place in there. Pamela is affected because of her mothers death how jumped of a bridged because of the depression of her lost child. After the sad death of her mother Pamela finds out that her father is dating a women but for Pamela these is not a problem because he doesn't last much with her. After one more women Pamela's father ends up with a women, which results to be a banker and a nerd.Pamela at school is a lonely girl who doesn't likes to socialize just with her friends. Pamela has problems with the most popular girl at school because she is very stuck up. Pamela hates to hear stories about people dieing or committing suicide because it reminds her of her mothers death. Pamela is having problems because she is experiencing the development of her body. During the book Pamela struggles during her teen-age life.I like this book because it made me read and read until a finish it. I also liked it because it has good descriptions. I hope you read this book.

Excellent story about young teen's coping with mom's suicide

The main character is very real, a junior high girl coping with the suicide of her mother. She has a normal circle of peers, who can be supportive or just plain mean. Dad is starting to date which creates another set of challenges. Excellent story - think our Girls' Book Club will love it.