Nine-year-old David has been living with his grandmother since his mother's accidental death. Still in pain, he's determined not to make friends in his new town. He takes his anger out on his grandmother and forms a close albeit abrasive relationship with 13-year-old Primrose who lives next door with her fortuneteller single mother. They forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship that thrust them into adventures from late-night treasure hunts in the neighbors' trash, to a highly competitive search for night crawlers, to an overnight hike to Philadelphia. The friendship helps both deal with what is missing in their lives.
Eggs, a novel by Jerry Spinelli
On April 29th, Carolyn Sue Limpert dies from slipping on a wet floor and falling down the stairs, resulting in her death.
The Limpert family, MargTownship, Pennsylvania. David becomes quiet and sensitive about his mother's death. His father, a sales manager, only comes home on the weekends, usually ending up with only David and his grandmother, whom he disrespects and ignores completely.
In the beginning of the book David's grandmother is taking him to the Easter Egg hunt, much to his disappointment. While hunting for eggs, he finds a beautiful girl resting underneath leaves by some trees. When David asks if she's dead, she makes no response, and willingly tells about himself to her.
The Limpert family, MargTownship, Pennsylvania. David becomes quiet and sensitive about his mother's death. His father, a sales manager, only comes home on the weekends, usually ending up with only David and his grandmother, whom he disrespects and ignores completely.
In the beginning of the book David's grandmother is taking him to the Easter Egg hunt, much to his disappointment. While hunting for eggs, he finds a beautiful girl resting underneath leaves by some trees. When David asks if she's dead, she makes no response, and willingly tells about himself to her.
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