The death and life of Benny Brooks : sort of a memoir / written and illustrated by Ethan Long.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316333122
- 0316333123
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | LONG ETHAN | Available | 33111011090731 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | LONG ETHAN | Available | 33111011192081 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Fiction | LONG ETHAN | Available | 33111011138647 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Best Book of the Year * A Children's Book Council 6th to 8th Grade Favorites Award List Pick
★ "Captivating.... Long's heartening memoir portrays a boy facing challenging situations with hard-won hope and increasing maturity." -- Booklist , starred review
★ "A tender, vulnerable portrayal of one kid's attempt to shore up his strengths to piece together the shards of a deeply shattered heart.... Readers will appreciate Long's honest exploration of a troubled family that is bound both by love and tragedy." -- The Bulletin , starred review
An award-winning children's book creator grapples with the darker undercurrents of his childhood in this poignant and honest illustrated memoir, for readers of Free Lunch and The List of Things That Will Not Change.
Benny's life is slowly unraveling. His parents are newly divorced, his mom chooses to move away, and Benny and his brother and sister are left with their chain-smoking dad, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Benny is lonely, anxious, and very angry. He can't sleep at night and spends his days trying to survive fifth grade.
Writing from a personal place, award-winning creator Ethan Long sheds light on the challenges of growing up amidst family turmoil in this thought-provoking, bighearted story that brims with hope.
Fifth grader Benny wants to focus on not flunking out of fifth grade, but he must also cope with his complicated home life with newly divorced parents, a mother who moves away, and a father with terminal lung cancer.
Ages 9-14. Little, Brown and Company.