Eggs
By: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781846166990
Subjects: Motherless families; Juvenile fiction; Fatherless families; Friendship
Description: Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew. Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
Notes: This powerful, quirky novel about two very complicated, damaged children has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery.