The Scar

by Charlotte Moundlic

Book Overview

A little boy responds to his mother's death in a genuine, deeply moving story leavened by glimmers of humor and captivating illustrations.

When the boy in this story wakes to find that his mother has died, he is overwhelmed with sadness, anger, and fear that he will forget her. He shuts all the windows to keep in his mother's familiar smell and scratches open the cut on his knee to remember her comforting voice. He doesn't know how to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763653411
• ISBN13: 9780763653415
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4