The Death and Life of Benny Brooks - Sort of a Memoir

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ethan Long is the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than thirty books for young people, including Up, Tall and High, for which he received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. This is his first book for older readers. Ethan lives with his family in Colorado and invites you to visit him at ethanlong.com. 

Zusammenfassung

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.

Vorwort

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ethan Long, Long Ethan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 14 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.02.2024
• EAN: 9780316333122
• ISBN: 978-0-316-33312-2
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 214 mm x 28 mm
• Gewicht: 400 g
• Illustration: Illustrations throughout
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement