Benny's life is slowly unravelling. His parents are newly divorced, his mom chooses to move away, and Benny and his brother and sister are left with their chain-smoking dad, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Benny is lonely, anxious, and very angry. He can't sleep at night and spends his days trying to survive fifth grade.
Writing from a personal place, award-winning creator Ethan Long sheds light on the challenges of growing up amidst family turmoil in this thought-provoking, bighearted story that brims with hope.
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Ethan Long is the 2013 Geisel Award winner and a tremendous (and prolific) up-and-coming talent. Kirkus called his latest book, Max and Milo Go To Sleep!, 'laugh-out-loud fun' and it was an Amazon Editors Pick for January. He was nominated for an Emmy Award with his animated series Tasty Time with Zefronk, currently airing on Disney Junior. He lives in Orlan
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