Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Today is the day that Cassie’s Mom forgets Cassie’s name. And her doctors have told the family that once Mom loses a word, it may never come back. Last year she had her best friend, Bailey, to support her, but Cassie has withdrawn as her mother becomes more difficult to handle. It may be time for her mother to go to a full care facility. Cassie wants one last great memory to have of her mother, but her father is resistant to her idea. Cassie may only be a 5th grader, but she has tenacity.
Early onset Alzheimer’s is not a part of many young people’s experience. Stark-McGinnis manages to introduce the disease in a way that will intrigue readers. I also admire that while Cassie is rightly sad and a bit desperate, she is not mentally ill or neurotic about what is happening. The touch of Cassie and Bailey losing and then regaining their friendship is also very realistically drawn. Many good things to enjoy here.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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