
Book
Wink
Rob Harrell
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · January 12, 2021
Reading lane: Illness & Injury
A Middle Grade pick for readers exploring Wink.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Laughter, Honestly
A middle-school story where laughter and heartbreak share the page.
Come here for
- Comic panels and spot art alongside a personal, poignant voice.
- Humor amid the upheaval of a rare eye-cancer diagnosis.
Expect
- A funny, heartwrenching story of surviving middle school.
- A tender invitation to find music, magic, and laughter in life’s weirdness.
Book Details
- Authors
- Rob Harrell
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- January 12, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Illness & Injury · Bullying
- Reading lane
- Illness & Injury
Affinity
- 79%
- 78%
- 77%
Publisher Categories
Illness & Injury
Funny Stories
Growing Up
About This Book
A hilarious and heartwrenching story about surviving middle school--and an unthinkable diagnosis--while embracing life's weirdness. Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table. Based on Rob Harrell's real life experience, and packed with comic pane...
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