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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
K-Gr 2 "My Mom's got alien blobs inside her. They're called cancer." The bright, bouncing voice of the young narrator takes readers through his mother's cancer year, from her first chemotherapy treatment to the day her hair comes back and "all the alien blobs have gone away." A parent's sudden transformation in appearance can be a very big issue to children; it's not surprising that the focus in this book...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
After chemotherapy makes her hair fall out, a boy's mother buys a wig. The narrator's voice doesn't always ring tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




