After Ever After
My first book of the school year is one of the best that I’ve read all summer. After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick focuses on the 8th grade year of two cancer survivors. They each have their struggles hanging around from series of chemotherapy and radiation. Jeff has a limp and struggles with math, while Tad is bound to a wheelchair because he doesn’t have the strength to walk. Together these friends battle the usual struggles of 8th grade (girls and grades) while still dealing with other issues that only cancer survivors can appreciate. Is it really true that the new girl from California likes Jeff? Will their relationship survive “the talk?” (That’s what Jeff calls the discussion they will have about him being a cancer survivor.)
I wish I could say that everything ends happily, but there are some complications that arise through the course of the story. You will have to read the book to experience the ups and downs in the lives of Jeff and Tad.
Lizzie Weaver — August 23, 2010 @ 8:34 am
That is so touching.
Taylor Thomas — August 23, 2010 @ 8:35 am
That blog post was so heartwarming