The end of summer is nearing with school starting just after the Labor Day weekend in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire. Thirteen-year-old Henry—a lonely and mostly friendless kid—spends most of his time watching TV and daydreaming about his female classmates. Henry main companion is his equally lonely mother, Adele—a onetime dancer whose main pastime is talking with too much detail about her life before her divorce. As much as Henry tries, he knows that he can't make his emotionally fragile mother happy. To make it worse, Adele has a secret pain that makes it hard for her to leave their house, and seems to possess an irreparably broken heart.
Enter the mysterious Frank a mysterious bleeding man who approaches Henry and asks for a help. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life's most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to a perfect pie crust, the pain of jealousy, the power of betrayal, and the importance of putting others—especially those we love—above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for.
I really really liked this book and read it in less than 2 days. The mind of a 13-year old boy can be scary (and sometimes disgusting, for sure!) but Maynard also reveals the intelligence and feelings that most of us don't realize is there in that same mind. A definite read!
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