Wink
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · January 12, 2021
A Middle Grade pick for readers exploring Wink.
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- Who it’s for
- A middle-school story where laughter and heartbreak share the page.
- Themes
- Navigating middle school, Living with cancer, Finding humor amid hardship
- Genres
- Illness & Injury, Friendship, Growing Up
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A hilarious and heartwrenching story about surviving middle school--and an unthinkable diagnosis--while embracing life's weirdness. Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table.
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Based on Rob Harrell's real life experience, and packed with comic panels and spot art, this incredibly personal and poignant novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking, hilarious, and uplifting story of survival and finding the music, magic, and laughter in life's weirdness. This paperback edition includes an exclusive sneak peek to Rob Harrell’s next book, Batpig: When Pigs Fly!
Laughter, Honestly
A middle-school story where laughter and heartbreak share the page.
Come here for
- Comic panels and spot art alongside a personal, poignant voice.
- Humor amid the upheaval of a rare eye-cancer diagnosis.
Expect
- A funny, heartwrenching story of surviving middle school.
- A tender invitation to find music, magic, and laughter in life’s weirdness.
Where it sits
| Illness & Injury | 84% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 58% |
| Growing Up | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Illness & Injury
- Funny Stories
- Growing Up
- Authors
- Rob Harrell
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- January 12, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Navigating middle school · Living with cancer · Finding humor amid hardship
- Reading lane
- Illness & Injury