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Gr 10 Up—Magoon takes readers through four days in the life of a 15-year-old in this short novel that is packed with memories, flashbacks, issues, and characters, adding a sense of elongated time. For two years, Ellis's loving father has been in a coma and kept alive by machines. Despite his inability to communicate, his daughter holds out hope that he will someday be whole. She doesn't have much of a support system. Her BFF Abby is simply clueless and a flirt. Colin, who adores Abby, shows some ab...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Thirty-seven first-person chapters give the reader a front-row seat to the challenges high school sophomore Ellis faces. From the first pages, we know the situation is tough: Ellis’s adored father has been in a coma for two years; Mom wants to turn off the machines keeping her husband alive, and Ellis, who visits her father at the nursing home often, disagrees. What elevates this story from an Afterschool Special is that Ellis’s words, carefully ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ellis's adored father has been in a coma for two years; Mom wants to turn off the machines keeping her husband alive, and Elli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More