You do know that when you tell your two best friends, one of them ditches you right there and then. What next? If you’re Ross Maloy, you have no friggin’ idea. You find out you have an incredibly rare eye cancer. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the world through the eye of a kid that goes the zero to hero route via some of the weirdest methods imaginable. Wink is probably one of the funniest middle grades of 2020, thanks in large part to the fact that its hero (Ross) has a cancer that its author (Rob) actually had and lived through. How dark are they? SO dark that a book about a kid with a potentially deadly eye cancer is the bit of lighthearted levity we all need and crave. And if what you know is how to lie on a steel table, your head screwed into place, a laser pointed at your face, that might be a good place to start. Dial Books for Young Readers (an imprint of Penguin Random House)
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