Monday, March 22, 2021

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson




 Disclaimer:  I listened to the audiobook.

Told in verse, this book had me hooked.  At first it was upbeat.  ZJ's dad is a professional football player in NFL as a tight-end.  ZJ has 3 friends who he hangs out with and his dad knows and plays around with.  As the book progresses those friends help him as his dad starts to lose his memory and changes and ZJ feels like he is not really his dad anymore.  The doctors can't really determine what is wrong with him, but he has had a LOT of concussions.  As ZJ goes through "loosing" his dad the book got a lot more serious and sad, but it ends in a good place.  

Will recommend to my boys - with it being a quick read and about football it will pull them in and also touch on family and relationships.  



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