Eggs

by: Jerry Spinelli

220 pages
Summary: After nine year old, David's, mother dies, he, his father, and grandmother pack up and move to Pennsylvania. His grandmother takes him to an Easter Egg Hunt, where he sees this beautiful girl lying there. He asks her if she's dead, and she doesn't respond. He starts to tell her about him, and leaves waiting to her about the news in the paper. Turns out the girl who was supposedly dead, is Primrose, a 13 year old girl who defies all rules. 

  
 The two fight on and off constantly, only to hurt each other about the parents they lost (Primrose's father and David's mother). They make up and Primrose announces she going to go to Philadelphia to see the Waving Man-a man who had been seen on TV waving at people. Having no choice David goes along, and the two have a wild and sweet adventure. Showing us that two opposites who have nothing in common, except loneliness, can have a friendship as deep as this. 


My Reaction: So my summary did not give the book justice. It was a really sweet book, about friendship. Davids and Primroses friendship has its ups and downs just like any other friendship. It is also very relatable to if you have lost someone-particularly a parent-which I have. There were a couple parts of the book that I personally didn't think had to be there, or didn't have to do with the situation, but amazing besides that.


My Rating: 8/10


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