Mid-Week Reads will focus on novellas, short stories and those in between.
Typically these stories will be under 100 pages making for a nice evening read.
Title: The Blue-Haired Boy
Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
Genre: Young Adult - Contemporary Fiction, Realistic Fiction
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Format: ebook novella
Synopsis via Goodreads:
Set before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.
Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . . . until he meets Gerry, a girl with bright-green hair and a smile the size of Alaska. When Gerry falls out of a bus in Rickman, Tennessee, and lands at Bodee's feet, she gives Bodee two things he desperately needs: a friend and a chance to leave Rickman behind, even if it's just for a few hours.
He joins Gerry on her epic bus trip for as far as his money will take him. And by the end of the day, more of Bodee has changed than just the color of his hair.
Synopsis via Goodreads:
Set before the events of Courtney C. Stevens's debut novel, Faking Normal, this digital short story focuses on Bodee Lennox, otherwise known as the Kool-Aid Kid.
Bodee Lennox has secrets. About where he got the four-inch scar on his leg. About the bruises on his back. About what it's really like to live in the Lennox household. These are things he doesn't share with anyone . . . until he meets Gerry, a girl with bright-green hair and a smile the size of Alaska. When Gerry falls out of a bus in Rickman, Tennessee, and lands at Bodee's feet, she gives Bodee two things he desperately needs: a friend and a chance to leave Rickman behind, even if it's just for a few hours.
He joins Gerry on her epic bus trip for as far as his money will take him. And by the end of the day, more of Bodee has changed than just the color of his hair.
Courtney C. Stevens gives the readers a taste of Bodee's story prior to Faking Normal. While the novella is so short it hurts, it is beautifully crafted to answer two key questions I had about Bodee after reading Faking Normal. The biggest being, Why Kool-Aid?, and the second I wouldn't dare to spoil. The ending was bittersweet, but left me with peace and closure since I know what's to come as Bodee grows.
Read my review of Faking Normal here.
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