📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖
by Adam P. Schmitt
Having to attend your cousin’s wake
sucks enough and wearing too small pants doesn’t help. Jimmy doesn’t think it
can get worse, but then he finds out he has to give a eulogy at the funeral the
next day. On top of hating giving speeches, Jimmy isn’t sure how to write about
his cousin that he really didn’t like all that much, to begin with.
Jimmy’s story takes place over a period
of two days with flashbacks of insights into his life with his cousin Patrick.
Patrick has a mental illness, which isn’t addressed as his parents seem in
denial of it. This book is an intriguing look at how those with mental illness,
particularly those who aren’t getting help for it, can affect those around
them. It is also about Jimmy’s growth and understanding of Patrick in this
short period of time.
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