When Dad Killed Mom

Name: When Dad Killed Mom
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Julius Lester
ISBN: 9781470355951

Author: Julius Lester

Narrator: Jeff Woodman, Carine Montbertrand

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/15/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Siblings Jenna and Jeremy have known for a long time that their parents don't get along. They find out just how bad it is when they are pulled out of class and told their father just shot and killed their mother. Jenna was always her father's favorite, while Jeremy was his mother's. Now a painful silence has fallen between them. They have trouble agreeing on just about everything at a time when they need each other more than ever. Where are they going to live? Who is going to take care of them? Can they have a relationship with their imprisoned father? Author Julius Lester handles difficult topics with grace and sensitivity. His To Be a Slave was a Newbery Honor Book and a New York Times Book of the Year. Uncompromisingly honest, When Dad Killed Mom is sometimes painful, and perhaps Lester's most moving novel. The emotional depth is enhanced by a skilled dual narration.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alyanna

Imagine one day you are in class then you get called into the office thinking that you might just be in your own trouble then find out that your dad had shot your mom. Well, that's exactly what happened to the Jenna and Jeremy in this book. When Jenna and Jeremy's dad shoots and kills their mom, the......more

Goodreads review by Ashley

For more, check out my blog entry. I admire the effort Julius Lester made with this book. We see these sensational headlines in newspapers and on television and think about the victim and the perpetrator, but we rarely think about what it must be like for these families beyond, 'Oh, how tragic. That......more

Goodreads review by Cheyanne

I've just finished up reading ''When Dad Killed Mom'' by Julius Lester. It has been a very interesting book to read and definitely have enjoyed it. The book can pretty much be defined by the title. It shows the emotions and actions two children went through after there father was thrown in prison f......more

Goodreads review by Dajanay

When Dad Killed Mom The story starts off with a mother, father, son, and a daughter, but it doesn’t end that way. The daughters name was Jenna and she was a huge troublemaker as she grew up. She would always scream at her mother over the dumbest things. They hardly ever got along, it seemed every da......more