I read this book in the summer of 2008. The only reason I picked it up in first place is because I immediately recognized the artwork on the front of the cover that was done by Ray Ceasar. The book was written by Jack Gantos and I have to admit that it is a really good book. It is recommended for young teens, but I believe anyone can read it. The book is about a little girl named, Ivy and her devout mother who live across the street from a pair of reclusive, elderly twin brothers who run a pharmacy. Her mother used to work for the Rumbaughs, and, over the years, Ivy comes to understand her connection to the eccentric men, their deep bond with their now-deceased mother, and their fascination with the art of taxidermy, which they share with her. Soon Ivy finds herself engrossed in embalming squirrels, kittens, chickens, and whatever else she can get her hands on. They become her tools and totems to assuage her maternal-loss anxieties. Readers can only fumble and squirm through her distorted yet straightforwardly told horror story with a combination of shock, disbelief, and dread of what no doubt will come. The book features a short quote which I find very true.What people can't control, seems to control them.
The more they fight, the more they fail.
For some, if it is not a bright sunny sky, they don't see the beauty in the sky at all.
When they don't get what they want, they can't appreciate what they are given.
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