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Getting Near to Baby
''Getting Near to Baby'' is a 1999 children's novel by Audrey Couloumbis. It was awarded a Newbery Honor in 2000 and is an ALA Notable Children's Book.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/getting-near-to-baby/oclc/40754870 )〕 The book's target age range is for readers between the ages of 10 to 14. Getting Near to Baby, was influenced through the authors personal experience as a child, as her aunt experienced the death of her child, because of cystic fibrosis. At the same time a family living nearby had died of bacterial illness, by drinking tainted water.
==''Plot summary''==
In the novel, the characters Willa Jo and Little Sister are dealing with their grief after the death of their baby sister after she was given contaminated water. Their mother is unable to handle her own feelings of sadness while caring for the two girls, and sends them to stay with her sister, Patty. Aunt Patty has no children, and her household is full of rules. Aside from moving into a home with their aunt things become even more difficult for the girls, because the aunt does not understand them entirely.
When Willa Jo and Little Sister climb up on Aunt Patty's roof to watch the sun rise, then decide not to come down for a while, Patty realizes that she has not been fulfilling the girls' emotional needs. Willa Jo reflects on her memory during her time at her Aunt Patty's house, like meeting Liz, the Piggly-Wiggly pickle, and much more.
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