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About Mem Fox
See more books from this AuthorUltimately, their roles are reversed -- Grandpa becomes helpless and is no more, just as Sophie had once been a baby and before that had not existed in Grandpa's life.
| Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)Sophie's development (``Sophie grew and grew and grew'') is contrasted with Grandpa's decline into ``little Grandpa,'' and Sophie begins to care for him as he once looked after her.
| Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)PW found this story of life cycles in an African American family ""eloquent in its simplicity."" Ages 3-8.
| Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)Situated in Empeaux in southwest France, La Nouvelle Terrebonne "breathed a presence" with its crumbling walls, creaking boards, creepy attic, monster rats and eerie red room, the scene of a youth's suicide.
Jun 09 2012 | Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)But the upside of this for the star-struck French first-time director is that the object of her obsession - fellow filmmaker Woody Allen - took the whole thing in his stride.
Dec 01 2012 | Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)SOPHIE Miller’s musical musings on the frustrations and trials of making your way through menial jobs and bad relationships in your mid-twenties ring true but lack any big comedy punch.
Apr 06 2012 | Read Full Review of Sophie (Books for Young Readers)