The Death and Life of Benny Brooks: Sort of a Memoir
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
The Death and Life of Benny Brooks: Sort of a Memoir
By (Author) Ethan Long
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown Young Readers
27th February 2024
12th October 2023
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and grow
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family brea
813.6
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 140mm, Height 214mm, Spine 28mm
400g
Description
Benny's life is slowly unravelling. His parents are newly divorced, his mom chooses to move away, and Benny and his brother and sister are left with their chain-smoking dad, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Benny is lonely, anxious, and very angry. He can't sleep at night and spends his days trying to survive fifth grade.
Writing from a personal place, award-winning creator Ethan Long sheds light on the challenges of growing up amidst family turmoil in this thought-provoking, bighearted story that brims with hope.Author Bio
Ethan Long is the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than thirty books for young people, including Up, Tall and High, for which he received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. This is his first book for older readers. Ethan lives with his family in Colorado and invites you to visit him at ethanlong.com.
