A short novel for older elementary age children about the death of a child their age. The narrator is a boy whose best friend is killed by a couple of bee stings. As the boy (whose name is never given) tells the story, we experience grief and loss through the eyes of a child experiencing the death of a close friend his own age. A sad and honest book, simply written. ( )

Fiction

A book about friendship and loss.

A book about friendship and loss.

Holly wanted me to read this book because she read it in school and loved it. I have to agree it was a very good book and actually made both of us cry. ( )