Age: 16
Title: After Ever After
Author: Jordan Soonnenblick
Publisher: Scholastic
Pub Date: Feb 2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes
Annotation: This book depicts the two lives of 8th-grade boys Jeffrey and Tad, who have both beat the odds, and had cancer. This book shows how magical the bond of friendship is, and that no matter what, it can go on. The story shows that the closest bond that can ever be made is brotherly love.
Convince us to read the book: This book shows what life is after having cancer as a child and how two strong boys dealt with it.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: The most compelling aspect of the book was just how much impact cancer had/has on these two boys. I never really knew how much people were affected by this and how drained, both physically and emotionally, you can be during and after having cancer. This book was an eye-opener for me, and having it be two different boys with cancer really portrayed the different outcomes of having cancer. The bond that these boys shared was incredible just to imagine seeing, and throughout the book it amazed me more and more how strong their bond became. This book shows that there is a life after cancer and that you can move forward and persevere.
Cover: The cover of the book did tempt me to pick the book up and reflected the contents of the book dead-on. The cover was original, creative, and profound and it really represented what the book was about.
Age Range: 12-18 and up
Quality: 5Q Hard to imagine a better book
Popularity: 5P Everyone wants to read it
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