Jerry Spinelli

Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew. Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives. This powerful, quirky novel about two very complicated, damaged children has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery.

Eggs

Callie Anna

I really enjoyed this. There were a couple of quotes that I would literally get tattoos of. Brilliant!

Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Patty M.

Eggs is a beautiful story of friendship, loss, and family in a small Pennsylvania town. Nine year old David and thirteen year old Primrose develop an unlikely friendship over the course of one summer. Their love-hate bond is infectiously entertaining. Jerry Spinelli manages to incorporate deep meanings into the simplest events. To a young reader, this book may seem like a friendship story. To an adult reader, however, David and Primrose's hardships shine through poignantly and are wonderfully exemplified through Spinelli's use of metaphor. This is a truly vivid work of children's literature that can be easily read and enjoyed by people of all ages.

I love YA lit, but this was simply too juvenile for me. Of course, I should have known this seeing as how the characters were so much younger than those in books I generally read. Still, neither of the main characters were particularly likable. The only reason I read this was for a reading challenge in one of my groups on here. I'm glad it was a short book.

Shannon Leigh Williams

I read this quite a while ago, but I loved it! Need to re-read sometime soon and update this review.

Eggs

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