Bones Gift, Angie Smibert
Bones Gift, Angie Smibert
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Bone's Gift

Author: Angie Smibert

Narrator: Amanda Ronconi

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Bone possesses a Gift that allows her to see the stories in everyday objects in this supernatural historical mystery.

In southern Virginia coal-mining town in 1942, Bone Phillips has just reached the age when most members of her family discover their Gift. Bone has a Gift that disturbs her; she can sense stories when she touches an object that was important to someone. She sees both sad and happy—the death of a deer in an arrowhead, the pain of a beating in a baseball cap, and the sense of joy in a fiddle. There are also stories woven into her dead mama's butter—yellow sweater—stories Bone yearns for and fears. When Bone receives a note that says her mama's Gift is what killed her, Bone tries to uncover the truth. Could Bone's Gift do the same? Here is a beautifully resonant coming-of-age tale about learning to trust the power of your own story.

About Angie Smibert

Angie Smibert is the author of several young adult books, including Memento Nora, The Forgetting Curve, and The Meme Plague, numerous nonfiction books for children, as well as many short stories for both adults and teens. She also worked for ten years at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. She lives in Roanoke, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dianna (SavingsInSeconds blog) on July 13, 2018

I loved the heading — ghosts of ordinary objects — and couldn’t wait to settle down into these pages. What an extraordinary treat it was! Laurel “Bone” Phillips is a 12 year old girl in an Appalachian coal mining town. Big Vein is similar to Walnut Grove in a way, and the characters in this story are......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on March 21, 2019

I was surprised by how much I liked this story and how strongly I felt about some of the characters. A worthwhile read.......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on January 08, 2024

OH MY GOD!? I don’t know if it’s because this story is based in Appalachia or what but this one really got me. You hear so many stories living in WV that I think sometimes you forgot to listen for the meaning behind them. This book is a must read, it’ll have you really listening again.......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on September 30, 2018

Bone’s Gift is set in southern Virginia coal-mining town. The year is 1942. The USA has just entered WWII. Bone, her real name is Laurel Phillips, is 12 years of age and she has a gift similar to the gift others in her family have. Not everyone believes in the gifts her family has and not all those......more

Goodreads review by Beth on November 02, 2018

Kid with magic powers has to deal with dumb adults who deny the evidence. But it's also a historically sound meditation on family and community and weaving together a past despite the pain it evokes, and how adults aren't perfect and can be loved anyway.......more