num_pages: 224
description: 9-year-old David is sad &amp; angry - his mother has recently died in a freak accident &amp; now he has to live with his grandmother, as his father is too busy to care for him. Then David meets 13-year-old Primrose who has no dad, &amp; a neglectful &amp; eccentric mother. Together these two damaged children help each other.
language: English
title: Eggs
titlecomplete: Eggs
characters: "Refrigerator" John Daywalt, Primrose Dufee, Margaret Limpert, Madamme Dufee, David Limpert
genres: Fiction, Family, Death, Coming Of Age, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 10531
places: Perkiomen Township, Pennsylvania
publisher: Orchard Books