Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

I was lucky enough to get an advanced edition of Eggs to enjoy last week.  As a Jerry Spinelli fan, I was looking for a nice, pleasant read and I wasn’t surprised.  It was charming and thought-provoking.  This story of two unlikely friends who have a common bond of a person lost that they both long for is a touching one.  Read in a couple sittings and it was worth it.

Booklist review:

From Booklist
Nine-year-old David has been living with his grandmother since his mother’s accidental death. Still in pain, he’s determined not to make friends in his new town and not to make nice with his grandmother. Slowly, though, he forms a close albeit abrasive relationship with 13-year-old Primrose, whose single parent barely seems to notice when she moves into a nearby abandoned van. More kinship than friendship, the kids’ bond draws them together and thrusts timid David into adventures from late-night treasure hunts in the neighbors’ trash, to a highly competitive search for night crawlers, to an overnight hike to (or at least toward) Philadelphia. Funny, startling, and touching in turn, Spinelli’s novel portrays two children, bereft and secretive, hurt and angry, who manage to give each other things that they need and cannot get–or won’t accept–from the adults in their lives. The occasional reflections of adult characters seem out of place, but readers will find some of the scenes between David and Primrose vivid and memorable. Carolyn Phelan
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