When a best friend
goes away
goes away
Jamie is special, full of surprises, unpredictable. He can get into trouble,and then out of it. He courts danger, and always escapes. And he has an answer to every impossible question.
But when something sudden and terrible happens to Jamie, his best friend has to face the tragedy alone. Now there are questions that not even Jamie could have answered. How could Jamie be alive one minute, and the next, gone forever? How can some things, like flowers, or playing games in the sun or the taste of blackberries Jamie loved, go on without him- and still be so full of joy and pleasure?
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But when something sudden and terrible happens to Jamie, his best friend has to face the tragedy alone. Now there are questions that not even Jamie could have answered. How could Jamie be alive one minute, and the next, gone forever? How can some things, like flowers, or playing games in the sun or the taste of blackberries Jamie loved, go on without him- and still be so full of joy and pleasure?
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"An honest, touching story." -ALA Booklist
"A difficult and sensitive subject, treated with taste and honesty, is woven into a moving story about a believable (young) boy."
-The Horn Book
"A difficult and sensitive subject, treated with taste and honesty, is woven into a moving story about a believable (young) boy."
-The Horn Book