A nice read, written with nice flow. I have to say, that while the twist at the end may have entered my mind once while reading the book, I was still surprised. The mother totally pissed me off throughout the whole book. Read it, you'll know what I mean. ( )

I'm not sure why, but this book was hard to get through. If it was a movie, I would have hit fast forward many times. It was well-written, however, seemed to have so much "wordfat" I actually skipped some pages entirely. I've never done that before...maybe I'll read it again sometime, just to make sure. ( )

I bought this book thinking it was a memoir. It surprised me that it wasn't, but by then I was already drawn into the story & I knew I would stick with it.

Me & Emma is a story about two little girls, Carrie & Emma Parker.

Emma witnessed her Daddy being murdered in their home. They were being robbed & he tried to stop them. During the course of the book, Carrie recalls sweet memories with her Daddy, and tells them to Carrie. Since Carrie is younger....she doesn't remember her Daddy as well, so Carrie helps her out.

Unfortunatly, after their Father was murdered, their Mom figured she had no other choice but to marry the 1st available guy to come along. He was a bad step-dad choice. When Richard tells Carrie to come into the bedroom, Emma pushes her aside & goes in her place. Emma also takes a lot of the beating's that are meant for Carrie.

The Parker household starts to go from bad to worse & Richard (step-dad) got a job way out in the country, stirring sawdust so it burns slowly. So they move away from everything they have ever known.....to House #22 - so far intothe country that the country has started taking the house back over. With the hole in the roof, it's easy for nature to come right in.

A kindly old man Mr Wilson, who is their nearest neighbor, starts to teach Carrie how to shot a gun. At first it was a rifle (the hardest first), and then on to a handgun. He also taught he how to clean the gun.....as any teacher would do. Mr Wilson, saw the bruises, the unkept hair, the dirty clothes she had to wear.

The final straw happened after Richard lost his job. He was caught stealing from a company store. He was in a rage and took it out on their Mom. Carrie found her on the floor, blood everywhere, the house in a shambles.

When Richard enters the room, she ask's "Where's Emma?" Richard replied "I killed her, I killed her, she's dead!"

Carrie is a rage runs out of the house & what happens next is a blur. But when she next enters the house, Richard is dead, shot to death, bleeding everywhere. Police are asking questions. Carrie doesn't understand, where is Emma? Did they find her body?

To fnd out what happened to Emma, I invite you to read this book. I can't give away the ending! ( )

Not nearly as good as I expected. I knew the "suprise" ending 50 pages in. Oh well. ( )

This was a terribly quick read for me and I liked it, but I found it incredibly predictable. I guessed one of the major plot points only a chapter in and thought the ending was visible a few chapters earlier. This book was very sad and moving at times. I liked the author's writing style and thought the voice being that of Carrie, an eight year old, really made the book what it was. ( )