This book "Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze" by Alan Silberberg is, at times, hilarious and at times had me in tears.
Milo is a 7th grader who has just moved to House #5. He is a nerdy kid who doesn't make friends easily but falls right into love with a beautiful girl at the corner store while buying.. toilet paper! Not a good start. However the girl next door keeps sending him notes and there is a guy he calls the One Eyed Jack who becomes his friend as they discover they have much in common.
As we get to know Milo we learn House #4, the one he calls the Fog House, is where his mom first got sick. We learn that Milo's dad is trying to "erase" his mom by giving away all her clothes, pictures and even her pots and pans after she dies. We learn that his neighbour Sylvia thinks Milo should work on remembering his mom and he does this in a charming and heartfelt way.
We learn how Milo felt when his mom passed away, feelings both real and raw.
Once again, a book that I thought was going in one direction went completely in another.
Read it.
1 comment:
Thank you so much for the thoughtful review of my book. It's nice to know Milo is getting into the right hands!
Alan Silberberg
Post a Comment