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Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze
 by Alan Silberberg

Humor; 275 pages

In love with the girl he sneezed on the first day of school and best pals with Marshall, the “One Eyed Jack” of friends, seventh-grader Milo Cruikshank misses his mother whose death has changed everything at home.


Sam’s review:

Milo lets the reader know right from the start that he is having a very bad time, indeed. Through words and simple pencil illustrations, he lays out the brutal facts: his dad has moved them to yet another house (the fifth in his life so far), he has no friends, the creepy old neighbor lady has taken an interest in him, and the love of his life would not know he exists except that he sneezed all over her. Milo gradually gets his footing with a best friend, the ultimate nerd Marshal, aka “One Eyed Jack,” and his neighbor Hillary, the most persistent friend anyone could imagine. As their friendship grows and changes, Milo realizes that the neighbor lady is maybe not as creepy as he thought, and the reality of the loss of his mother to cancer can’t be ignored. This book had me laughing out loud in parts and needing many kleenexes for my tears in other parts. First appearances aside, Milo’s story is a profound and inspiring story of dealing with grief and loss.

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