I am really starting to love A.S. King's work for young
adults. I love how she adds the
slightest bit of magical realism to her otherwise realistic novels that make
them utterly original.
In this novel,
Lucky is being bullied by a guy at his high school, and obsessed with finding
out what happened to his grandfather who is a POW/MIA in Vietnam. He dreams vividly about his grandfather which
struggling with everyday life and his relationship with his parents.
In an era
when every other young adult novel is the first in a yet-to-be-written trilogy,
I love a book that ends REALLY well, and this one does.