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Gr 9 Up—In this refreshingly light treatment of a dark subject, an eccentric narrator guides readers through the unthinkable: the imminent death of a parent. Eleanor Rosenthal-Hermann (aka Lenny) is a savvy Manhattan teenager who tends to overthink the serious and the absurd situations in her life. Lately, she is obsessed with mortality—on a personal and intellectual level—as her dad battles cancer. Her undependable mother is busy with her demanding career, so Lenny oversees her father's health care. She ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleanor (Lenny) has long been fixated on apocalypse theories, but she never imagined a loss that just [cf2]feels[cf1] like the end ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More