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Ross is having an exceptionally horrid run of bad luck. The biggest item in his bad luck streak is he has eye cancer. The prognosis is not very good. As a cancer survivor, it was a real text-to-text experience reading about the radiation treatment. Through his cancer journey, Ross learns about friendship, looking past first impressions, and working hard toward a goal. It was a notable offering of children's novels in 2020.
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3.5. This was sweet, funny, and painful. Seventh-grader Ross is dealing with treatment for eye cancer, trying to figure out why one of his friends “ghosted” him, and understanding his grief after losing his mom. It sounds more sad than it actually is as Ross is lighthearted and grounded in reality. He draws comics and faces the typical school experience. He starts to use music to "let go" and to not keep things bottled up. I loved the audiobook narrator and how the comics were told to us in the
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Lots of readers in my school have loved Wink by Rob Harrell, and I am glad to have finally read it. Highly recommend.
This book is perfect for every middle school classroom. Ross is a likeable 7th grader, dealing with normal sorts of middle school issues while going through treatment for a rare cancer treatment. Surprisingly, I laughed out loud several times while reading it. I can picture so many students falling right into this book. Highly recommend!
Great middle grade novel about dealing with cancer. Almost gave 5 stars.
With “doodles”.
Such a powerful, funny, heartbreakaing, and amazing book.
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