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does anyone know the summary story of the book sights by sussanna vance

Answer 1

Sights ~ By Susanna Vance

Baby Girl has always been different. There's the matter of her legendary birth, eleven and a half months after her conception. There's the strangeness of her croaky voice, apparent every time she opens her mouth. But her real claim to fame is the gift she's had since the womb -- the Sight, the ability to see the future.

But the Sight doesn't help Baby Girl keep ahead of her father, who's been intent on killing his daughter since her birth. And so Baby Girl and her mother finally escape him, with her mother opening up a clothing design shop in Cot, with Baby Girl providing a free glimpse into the future with every fitting. Their new lives are full of surprises, not all of them good ones. Baby Girl finds out she may not be the spitting image of her bombshell mama after all, and she goes from having three best friends in her old town to no friends at all. It's only through taking up the accordian that she finds true friends, two other outcasts who, together, form The Gerbils, who are poised to go all the way at the school talent show.

But soon Baby Girl's Sight makes her as many friends as enemies, and her future could go either way. That's when she realizes it takes more than an ability to see the future to get the future she wants. The quirky characters and unusual situations of Sights are enticing, authentic, and completely over-the-top and the 1950s backdrop enhances an already colorful story. The paranormal theme will strike a chord with many young adults.

Publishing info: Published by Delacorte Press, 2001.

Answer 2

Reminiscent of Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy, Susanna Vance's Sights is awash in magic realism, humor, and the familiar challenges of adolescence. Baby Girl, a human, was birthed by a vet after more than 11 months in the womb. She also remembers the whole thing, as she is blessed/cursed with the Sight, a stronger blend of the fortune-telling powers her Latvian great-great-Aunt Lubmilla used to have. Baby Girl's loving bond with her blonde bombshell mother is powerful and downright heartwarming. Her father, on the other hand, wants her dead. After he tries to drown his 13-year-old daughter in the creek, her mom rescues her, whispering, "It's not your fault, Baby Girl, your dad just don't like you and now I got to choose." They drive off in his '45 Chevy to make a new life and never look back.

Despite the fact that Baby Girl's father lurks "like deadly tadpoles in the dark watery moments before sleep," this fine, funny novel soars and swoops as joyfully as its heroine. Baby Girl overcomes her newfound status as the unpopular new kid on the block with the help of new friends, her devoted mom, her waveringly robust self-confidence, and an accordion. Sights is about finding your voice, coming of age, first kisses, love, making friends--and about the past and the future and how it all ties together. All in all, a wonderful, smart, folksy, even charming novel that will no doubt appeal to teens and adults alike. (Ages 13 and older) --Karin Snelson

Answer 3

There once was a man named Rick. He comedy club to do tricks. The end! READ THE BOOK!

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