His new life is medical treatments that feel straight out of a video game, vision loss in one eye, disappearing friends who don’t know what to say to “the cancer kid,” cruel bullying, and ultimately, friendships new and old that rise above everything. But with a sudden and horrifying diagnosis, Ross can’t help standing out. Not to have a rare eye cancer, not to lose his hair, not to have to wear a weird hat or have a goopy eye full of ointment. Twelve-year-old Ross Maloy just wants to be normal. I finished that last week, so after that and after a short break for processing, I proceeded to this book.Ī wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life’s weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagnosis, based on the author’s own experience with a rare eye cancer. I read the blurb and was immediately determined to read it.įirst though, I had to finish Wonder. One of the first results that popped up was Wink by Rob Harrell. A few weeks ago, I was in the mood for middle grade books and googled something like middle grade books in 2020.
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