After Ever After

After Ever After is about an 8th grader, Jeffrey, that had cancer. Tad, his best friend also had cancer. They both are in 8th grade, getting used to things. They’re both trying to be normal. Jeffrey then meets the new girl, Lindsey, and he turns out to like her. Jeffrey’s 8th grade year for him is both good and bad. Due to the cancer, he fidgets and spaces out a lot. His brother, Steven, has gone to Africa. His parents don't believe he’ll pass 8th grade because of his grades - although it isn't his fault. All of that changes when Jeffrey actually wants to try so he could go to highschool with Lindsey. He begins to be tutored by Tad, he begins to work out with Tad, and he begins to be open with Lindsey.

After reading, I wonder what will Jeffrey do next. I wonder how he’ll feel when a specific thing happens to him, his family, and his friends. I wonder what will happen if he were to leave Tad for Lindsey. I wonder if Steven will contact him or even to go see Jeffrey. I always wonder how Jeffrey will end up when he becomes so used to this “normal” routine. Although, I really only worry about his and Tads friendship because I would feel so bad not only because they're their only friends but because how can they just forget about each other? I truly believe that this book will make me cry just a little bit.

This book is so realistic, which is why I enjoy it. Anyone can actually relate to it somehow. It's about an 8th grader who has a crush and cancer but everyone has to know someone who's had cancer or has read about it somewhere. Anyone can look back to 8th grade and their crush, it's simple and it's just like life. It's explains many things - family, friends, self, and school.  It's all very complicated and simple.

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