Ready to Fall

by Marcella Pixley

Book Overview

A young adult novel about a teen who finds hope and a fresh start after a terrible loss, and learns that being strong means letting go.

When Max Friedman's mother dies of cancer, instead of facing his loss, Max imagines that her tumor has taken up residence in his brain. It's a terrible tenant--isolating him from family, distracting him in school, and taunting him mercilessly about his manhood. With the tumor in charge, Max implodes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374303584
• ISBN13: 9780374303587
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary