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This is the story of three teens: Nick, whose family is falling apart, the Scoot who’s dying from the rapid-aging disease progeria, and Jaycee, a mind-reading girl who dresses sort of goth and wears a troll doll on a string around her neck. This is a funny, quirky book—it begins with Nick having a fever that causes him to hallucinate and climb the town water tower while wearing his boxer shorts. But the core of the book begins when Jaycee, convinces Nick that the two of them need to find Scooter’s long lost father in another city. She wants to give him Scooter’s valuable first edition copy of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The story incorporates text from Of Mice and Men as well as the sayings of Yoda to define the deeper themes, which center on how much of our life is or isn’t actually in our control. Unfortunately, I felt that the author set more in play than she was able to tie up in the end. Also, the cover shows a boy who looks about twelve, and while Nick is supposedly young-looking for almost fifteen, the cover makes it appear to be a book for middle school readers, when it’s actually more suited to high school readers. All that said, this book is well worth reading to spend time with these characters and to reach the unexpected ending. Grades 8 and up.
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