Edward Tulane takes the Page Turner by Suprise

Once in a house on Egypt Street there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for a good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

And then, one day, he was lost.

"Why should I care what happens to an arrogant, overdressed china rabbit? But I did care, desperately, and I think I can safely predict that you will, too."--Katherine Paterson, Publishers Weekly

A rambling from the Page Turner: Katherine (author of the tear jerking 'Bridge to Terabithia'), you said it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (a gift from a friend of the Page Turner's mother) had been siting on my bookshelf for around two years. Until one afternoon, in search of a book to read out loud with my mom and brother Lennon, I picked it up. Despite the great reviews I read about the book, I was not expecting much. After all, a story about a china rabbit? Please. But Katherine was right.

As the story went on I found that I began to ache for Edward Tulane, desperately wonder what was going to happen to him. By the end of the book I was in tears. This is a story about love. It is also a story about life but that comes later. It spans over a ten year period, starting when Edward, conceded and arrogant gets thrown, unexpectedly off a ship. He spends a year at the bottom of the sea until a fisherman finds him. From there Edward is past from hand to hand, person to person. Slowly but surely, Edward changes from the china rabbit he once was into a loving soul.

He is passed into the hands of a dying girl who loves him tenderly as her last breaths escape her. Edward learns the pain and power of love as that girl who so tenderly cared for him dies in front of his painted on eyes. This story is a truthful, sometimes painful, magical account of what it means to love and be loved. To lose hope and keep moving on. I can't recommend it highly enough. Kate DiCamillo's (author of 'Because of Winn Dixie') powerful story will stun you. So stop reading this blog, pick up a copy of this book and read it aloud to your whole family! Now! It's for your own good.