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Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth.
BLUE EYES BETTER
New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2002.
IL 5-8, RL 6.9
ISBN 0525468366
When Tessa’s brother is killed in a drunk driving accident, Tessa’s world is torn apart.  Her mother’s grief is too much to bear since she felt Scott was her kindred spirit.  When Tessa’s mother leaves to spend time with her sister on Cape Cod, Tessa feels abandoned and alone.  Will her mother ever come back to the family?  Will Tessa’s life ever feel normal again?  How will she heal?  (Kelley Fraser, ksfraser@megalink.net)
SUBJECTS:     Death -- Fiction.
                        Grief -- Fiction.
                        Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
                        Massachusetts -- Fiction. 

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