Not nothing / by Gayle Forman.

Not nothing / by Gayle Forman.

First Aladdin hardcover edition.

9781665943277 (hardcover)
1665943270 (hardcover)
9781665943284 (paperback)
1665943289 (paperback)
9781665943291 (electronic book)

New York, New York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2024.

©2024

English

280 pages ; 22 cm

YA PZ7.F75876 No 2024

[Fic]

"Alex is twelve, and he did something very, very bad. A judge sentences him to spend his summer volunteering at a retirement home where he's bossed around by an annoying and self-important do-gooder named Maya Jade. He hasn't seen his mom in a year, his aunt and uncle don't want him, and Shady Glen's geriatric residents seem like zombies to him. Josey is 107 and ready for his life to be over. He has evaded death many times, having survived ghettos, dragnets, and a concentration camp - all thanks to the heroism of a woman named Olka and his own ability to sew. But now he spends his days in room 206 at Shady Glen, refusing to speak and waiting (and waiting and waiting) to die. Until Alex knocks on on Josey's door...and Josey begins to tell Alex his story. As Alex comes back again and again to hear more, an unlikely bond grows between them. Soon a new possibility opens up for Alex: Can he rise to the occasion of his life, even if it means confronting the worst thing that he's ever done?"-- Front jacket flap.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278).

Ages 10 to 12. Aladdin.

Bank Street College: Josette Frank Award, 2025

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