Boy Scout is assigned to help an elderly woman each Saturday for 3 months. They develop a unique friendship, with her telling him her life and giving him guidance in his. The boy comes up with her being in the Guiness Book of world records. Hilarious what they come up with to enter her for - oldest living woman, oldest driver (and he's teaching her to get her license back). But when the boy dies suddenly, the father takes over bringing a lot of joy to both of them. ( )

I cannot overstate the tenderness of this novel. A story of unusual friendships, world records, loss, and deep, deep bonding, The One-in-a-Million Boy will break your heart over and over again. But then it'll put you back together, and it'll all be worth it. ( )

Oh. Oh, how I loved this book. It captured my imagination immediately, and it didn’t let go - not even for a moment - the entire time I was reading it. The writing is lyrical, poetic, and breathtaking. The plot heartbreaking, uplifting, and hopeful. The characters genuine, likeable, and so very, very human. I haven’t read a book like this in ages. I wanted to live inside the world Wood created. I wanted to be friends with Ona, and Quinn, and Belle. And most of all, I wanted to know the boy the way they knew him, because I’m sure my life, too, would be enriched by his presence. The One-In-A-Million Boy takes an honest, sweet, and lovely look at the challenges of loving someone with a developmental disability - while never naming the boy’s disability, or the boy himself. An absolute triumph of a novel. I can’t wait to read more of Wood’s work. ( )

Sweet, in a good way. People want to make others happy, an expression of love. ( )

3.5. It was good. Towards the end, it started to feel like it wasn't going much of anywhere, at least not anywhere fast. ( )