Blue Eyes Better

by Ruth Wallace-Brodeur

After her fifteen-year-old brother is killed in a drunk-driving accident, Tessa's life is dramatically altered, as her mother runs away and leaves her alone with her mourning father to deal with their shattered family. Reprint.

112 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2002

Reviews

[Librarian Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

How many of you have a brother or sister that you think your parents like better than you? What if that child was killed in an accident? How would everyone cope with the grief? This is Tessa’s situation. Her blue-eyed brother, Scott, was full of fun and everyone loved him. Now he’s gone and she feels like she’s been set adrift. Her mother is withdrawing from her. Will the grief ever end? How will this family get through and pull together?

[elle! · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book before i had dealt with any real grief like this in my own personal life and then read it again afterwards. and my god does it handle this topic so well. it shows trying to get back to a normal life after the loss of a close family member. wallace-brodeur wrote this beautifully.

[Josiah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This heartbreaking story tore at my soul and brought me right into the midst of the family's suffering. It is an expertly rendered narrative of the despair that this family faces when the life of their pride and joy, blue-eyed Scott, is snuffed out, all while they are confronting various issues that have hung around their lives for years. It is a unique and indelibly memorable sojourn, and I really hope to see more from Ruth Wallace-Brodeur in the future.

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young girl thinks that her parents liked her brother better after he dies.

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! it's really sad, but it's like really good too.

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a sad book

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good read. It was really sad how the girl had to go through and grip the death of her older brother.

[Rachel-Morgan Lanouette · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book for what it was. I'm sure i would've enjoyed it more if i read it when i was younger, the age group it is directed at, but it was a sweet, nice, easy read just the same.