Picking Up the Pieces

by Patricia Calvert

Book Overview

Eight months after a motorcycle accident leaves her paralyzed, Megan is convinced that she is incapable of enjoying another summer at the lake. "Yet as the story unfolds, she finds the vacation not... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684195585
• ISBN13: 9780684195582
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

interesting, i liked it, fun to read, you should read it!

This book is about a girl named Megan, who's about 13 years old, having to bounce back from a motorcycle accident she has a lot of problems along the way. One involves her having to learn every thing over again because she is in a wheelchair, and paralyzed from the waste down. Another is that she hasn't heard from the boy who was driving the motorcycle when they crashed.

Toching Life Story

This book brought a realization to me. It touched my Heart to see how megan coped with her disability. It teaches a great life's lesson, about accepting who you are. It shows you just how hard a diability is. Unlike movies, where everything is perfect in a disabled person's life. That's just not how it is. Harris shows that it doesn't matter that a person is disabled they're still people. All the people in this heart warming story will teach you things you never thought of before, or have and have forgotten. This book will warm your heart and bring a smile to your face.

Just Another Summer

Megan was a normal girl. Happy, and carefree. Until the terrible accident that left her in the wheelchair, and shaped the rest of her life with a spinal cord injury. Determined to help her get on with her life. Megans family plans a trip to the lake cottage where they have vacationed every summer. Megan is reluctant to go, believing that nothing will ever be the same again. The trip starts out just as Megan had planned, bringing back painful memories of what had been. That's is until she meets Harris. Him and his Aunt Julia, a bitter actress, and her husband have rented the cottege next door. Megan is determined not to like Harris, but unknowingly, she begins to fall for him. Together they get throughout their problems, and figure out that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. This, by far is the best book I've read as far as tragedy goes. The Book, "Out of the blue." by Sarah Ellis, was similar yet different to this story. In this book, a young girl, also named Megan, finds out that her mother has another daughter. This is also about a life changing experience, and both characters are very stubborn to accept the change. I think that Megan is a powerful character, and strong role model for young girls everywhere. She is lost in deep depression but with the help of Harris, they pull each other out. I think the budding romance going on between the two is adorable. This book is for people who like to sit down by the fire and cozy up to a good book. There isn't much action, and it is definitely a female book. Even so I think that any audience of young readers would appreciate it.

Realistic,Informative and very interesting!!

Realistic, it gives you an insight to the thoughts and feelings of a physically handicapped person. It does not glorify paralysis unlike some movies. Brings up the problems that a physically handicapped person faces.