![]() ![]() But when Summer is 12 years old, her world is turned upside down. Summer goes to school and lives what she considers to be a normal life. May takes care of Summer and Ob and enjoys her "gardening." Ob creates whirligigs that represent abstract ideas or things such as May's spirit, hope, heaven, love, dreams, and death, which they call The Mysteries. ![]() ![]() When she arrives at the run-down trailer in Deep River, West Virginia, that Ob and May call home, Summer discovers a family of her own - and enough love to last her a life time.įor six years, Summer feels like "she's died and gone to heaven." Her life is perfect. Summer's mother has died and none of her mother's brothers and sisters in Ohio want to be bothered with her. Rylant wrote Missing May in the first person, revealing the thoughts and feelings of the grieving protagonist, Summer, who goes to live with her Aunt May and Uncle Ob when she is six years old. Study Help for All 1990s Newbery Medal Winners. ![]()
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