Children, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction
Source: I won a copy from LibraryThing
I loved this book. However, my
loving this book doesn’t mean my students will. All my recommending won’t make
them love it unless they can connect to it in some way. The same thing is true
for adults. This is one of those books I think everyone, young and old can
connect to. A few years ago I had a
student write in his journal, “Most teachers don’t understand how hard life can
be. I go to bed every night wondering if a stray bullet will come through my
house and kill one of us. I go to bed every night wondering if I will still
have my friends when I wake up.”
That student like so many of my other students will find many things to connect with in this book. After Lowen’s friend is shot and killed Lowen goes through a period where he can’t seem to draw his comics anymore. He is going through both guilt and grief. When his parents learn of a lottery to buy a house for a dollar in an old mill town they enter and win. There are some things they must do though. They not only have to fix up the house but they have to start a business.
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