This is a review for Avery’s Gift which I received in exchange for this review. The thoughts in the review is mine and my families. No, one else.
As a parent we never expect to bury our children and make the decision to donate there Organs but like the child in this story that is just what I had to do. Because of my choice my daughter was able to save over 70 people.
I just haven’t been as lucky to meet anyone with my daughters Organs which I would like to. Trying to explain what happened to Charlie and why I made the decisions I did is hard.
But after reading Avery’s Gift with Charlie he understands my choices and my sister will be reading Avery’s Gift to my niece and nephew to help them get to know there Aunt Suzzane better since they weren’t able to meet her. But Suzzie and there dad David were not only Cousins but best friends and each others brother/ sister.
Charlie and I love the adventures the kids took and the colors they shared. Charlie even had fun drawing pictures he thought might happen in the Future.
I liked hearing they were Soul Mates because this is what my daughter was with David and I. Having the information on how to register to become a Organ Donar in the back of the book meant the world to my family.
About:
(out June 1, 2021), as author Jonathan Hoefer shares a timeless story of love, loss, and friendship inspired by two incredible children, and the connection they forever share.
Young Avery wakes up in the middle of the night to find that her colors have completely faded. Surrounded by a familiar yet magical surrounding, she is guided out of her bed by the playful flowers from the wallpaper and finds friendly woodland creatures that help her get her colors back.
Avery is guided to a pebbled beach shore where she encounters a boy named Dalton, who joins her on her quest, and eventually helps her get her colors back, and more vibrantly than ever, by giving her the most generous gift.
The story is based off of the true events that took place on August 6, 2009, when five-year-old Avery Toole, who was born with a rare heart defect and spent her entire life in-and-out of hospitals, received a heart transplant from eight-year-old Dalton Lawyer, after he was tragically hit by a truck and pronounced brain-dead.
Avery is now a healthy, vibrant 16-year-old girl who lights up a room everywhere she goes with her passion for life. The Toole and Lawyer families are still in touch today, forever connected by a strong and loving heart.
Hoefer is also collaborating with Donate Life America to give people a new perspective about organ donation, with the intention of encouraging over 1,000 people to sign-up as nationally registered organ donors. A portion of the sales of Avery’s Gift will be donated to Donate Life America to help further organ donor awareness and education.
“What makes me most proud about Avery’s Gift is that the story can be read from two different vantage points.” says Hoefer. “Younger readers will enjoy this heart-warming, mysterious, and beautiful story of Avery searching for her missing colors with the help of her newly-found friends.
Parents can read Avery’s Gift with their toddlers and preschool-aged children to demonstrate kindness and friendship, without needing to discuss the ‘story-behind-the-story.’
Older readers will appreciate the book as a reimagined version of a very tragic story, as it can be used as a vehicle to discuss the important aspects of organ donation, and how this decision can be the ultimate act of kindness.”
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
