When I first read this book in 3rd grade it must have made a huge impression on me. So much that even though I haven’t read it since, I bought it and forced Nathan to read it last year and will more than likely force Zoey to read it this year. We read this book as a class and started at the very beginning of the year.
I had missed the first day of the school year because we moved from one city to another and the class had already started reading the book. The book deals with someone losing his best friend. I think it struck a chord with me because our move was sudden and I didn’t really get to say goodbye to the old friends.
Reading books you liked as child when you are much older is always interesting. Sometimes I’m afraid because most of the time the book won’t live up to the memory. It wasn’t the case with this book. It is so well written. Even though I knew what was going to happen, I still cried during some parts of the book.
It’s a fairly quick read especially if you are a 30 year old reading a book written for ages 8-12. I give it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.
This was one of my favorite books from elementary school as well. Perhaps I should reread it. I enjoy the Newberry award winning books and I still read some although I’m far behind.
By the way, they are making the book into a movie right now so it should be out next year.