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by: Sarah Weeks
Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064410472
ISBN: 0064410471
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: October 04, 2005
Sales Rank: 54339
Studio: HarperCollins
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Product Description:
You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew 23 words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of the things Mama said tacked to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. Most of the words were common ones, like good and more and hot, but there was one word only my mother said: soof.
Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle with her mentally disabled mother and their doting neighbour, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross–country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
Amazon.com Review:
One day in her apartment in Reno, Bernadette heard a pitiful sound in the hallway. She opened the door a crack and saw a young woman standing there in her raincoat, her bare legs spattered with dried mud, holding a crying baby wrapped in a blanket. The baby was Heidi, and they had come from the almost-empty apartment next door for help. Heidi's Mama can't tend her week-old child because she has, as Heidi later says, 'a bum brain,' so Bernadette steps in and cares for them both tenderly. Mama says her name is 'So Be It,' but with her twenty-three-word vocabulary, this is all the information she can give Bernadette.
Twelve years later this strange but loving household is still together. Heidi does the shopping because Bernadette has 'angora phobia,' and pays for it with money she wins at the laundromat; Bernadette teaches her at the kitchen table while Mama is happily occupied with her coloring books, and the rent and utilities are always mysteriously paid. But Heidi wonders who she is, where she and Mama came from, why they were alone, and most of all, she wants to know the meaning of Mama's word 'soof.' When she finds some old photos in a cupboard, she knows where to go to find out, and as she sets out on a long cross-country bus journey, the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into surprising places in this intriguing and heartwarming mystery. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Such a Good Read
I read this one in one sitting and absolutely fell in love with the characters. The mystery unfolds gently - layer by layer - and grows more interesting with every page. I cheered for Bernadette and wondered more about Sophia's situation while hoping Heidi would get to the truth. This book had me from the blurb, and I will probably read it again over the holidays.
Rating:  - So B. It... a good book
The book I am reviewing is So. B It. It is written by Sarah Weeks. This is a realistic fiction novel.
This book is about the life of a girl named Heidi. She and her mom showed up on the doorstep of a woman named Bernadette. Bernadette took them in and started taking care of them. The book describes the adventures in the lives of Heidi and her mom.
So B. It is a good book. I like this book because it is somewhat true. But sometimes it does get a little bit boring. I would ... Read More
Rating: - So B. It
So B. It is such a creative story. Telling the story of a girl and her dysfunctional mother, this is the kind of story that makes even the strongest eyes weep like you've just stuck them in a vat of the strongest onion juice.
Okay, that was lame. But, 'So B. It' is an amazing novel, especially to read to classrooms of YA readers. Even some guys I know have read the book and liked it!
'So B. It' is an exceptional book and I would recommend it to anyone. It's a short, quick read, and ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful
My twelve-year-old daughter loved this book and nagged me for months to read it. I wasn't expecting it to be so compelling and rewarding. Sarah Weeks has a great ear and heart, and her characters are eccentric and vividly drawn. I highly recommend this book for teens and their parents.
Rating:  - on the reading list
This book was on a reading list for my teenage daughter. She seemed to enjoy it.
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