Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

The book I read is called Missing May by Cynthia Rylant.The beginning of this book is about a young girl named Summer.Summer's parents died when she was very young, so she got passed around from her family in Ohio. Nobody in Ohio wanted Summer,so when her Aunt May and Uncle Ob came they had lunch with Summer. She didn't want to ask for anything because she was really shy. After that her aunt and uncle knew that she needed someone,so they took her home. Not too long before Summer went home with her new family, her Aunt May died. In the middle of the book her Uncle Ob said that May was there but in some type of spirit form. Cletus,Ob's friend,suggested that they go to a girl who can talk to spirits. Summer thought it was a good idea because the girl they were going to liked bats and so did May. The end of the book is that they found out that the girl died last year around the time May did. Summer cried when an owl flew over because it reminded her of May. Finally,Summer, Cletus,and her uncle Ob sat at the dinner table and drank their coffee. When they were done with their coffee, they took Ob's paintings outside and put them in May's old garden. That was the summary of the book I read called Missing May. I liked this book a lot.I liked this book because it was weird how Ob felt May, but in some type of spirit form. When they wanted May to come back to them, she did not come to them.I also liked that Cletus thought that every time he showed Summer a picture she would want to do a report about the picture. That is why I really liked this book.The person I would recommend this book to is Hailey.I would recommend this book to her because I think she likes books that are realistic fiction. That is why I would recommend this amazing book to Hailey.

 By Alexis, 6th Grade Reader