I don’t know. Here’s what I do know. This book is about Lucas. Lucas is a 6th grader living in a small town in Maine. His mom is struggling with mental health issues exacerbated by the death of Lucas’ brother. But even though there’s a lot of hard stuff, Lucas still has his...
Consider the surprise ruined. Middle school kids may have every intention of keeping confidential information to themselves, but when an opportunity to share presents itself, they won’t be able to resist being the one who’s in the know. At this age, they don’t yet understand the consequen...
so she pops her birth control pill and pours herself some Lucky Charms and stares out the square kitchen window at the first swells of the Rocky Mountains. It’s late July, the time of year the Biglow house needs the air conditioning it lacks, but the high ...
You know her because youareher. Even if you don’t have a child with special needs. You feel her struggle, her love, her choices because you’ve imagined them a hundred thousand times in your own parenting. I wanted to read this through before reading it aloud to Lainey so I know wha...
I have four children. Like clockwork, they each have a birthday, every single year! And we want to celebrate. Of course, in certain slightly competitive communities — to say nothing of the Instagram/Pinterest era — birthday parties can become a source of angst. How can parents who don’...
And the second isn’t a fictitious person, she was my 6th grade English teacher. Mrs. Sherriff taught me to look at a story from every point of view, and that lesson has helped me so much in life. #3. A thing that changed my worldview was…. ...