After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick is about two boys with cancer that are best friends. Both boys are in a difficult recovery from their various types of cancer. The main character Jeff had leukemia and he has a limp now. His friend Tad is in a wheelchair and isn't afraid to stand up for hims...
Looking for the perfect book for a sports-minded teen who may have to move on to something other than sports? by Jordan Sonnenblick is story of Pete, a talented baseball player who is defined by his athletic ability. All this changes when Pete has a career ending injury and forces him to explor...
DODGER SAID, standing on his hands and leaning his feet against the wall, “what’s our strategy, dude?” We were in the family room at my house after school. My mom had set us up with a snack of apples, then gone outside to work in the yard. Lizzie and I were munching on the apples. Dodger had just...
“So,” she said, “did you find a rare animal to save?” “No,” I said. “Did you find a rare plant to save?” “No,” Lizzie said. “Did you hold hands and skip romantically through the forest?” “NO!” we both shouted. Lizzie fled to the kitchen to call her mom. Unfortunately, Amy stayed with me. She bent...
HIGH TIME SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1969 Right after Santana’s set, Michael and Willow passed around our dinner: peanut butter, crackers, and bread. We had a few spoons to share, but no clean plates left, so things got pretty messy pretty fast. Of course, we had already spent the day traipsing thr...
Starsky, so we took a long walk after school. You could probably guess that I was in a bad mood, but Dodger was really on a rampage: “That teacher of yours is nuts. Get a smarter imaginary friend, she says. She thinks I’m dumber than a monkey. Just because I’m a little bit rusty in the spelling d...