TW for this book include: head trauma, cops being called on black people/mentally ill people

This book is, in typical Woodson fashion, beautiful and heartbreaking. This is certainly not a subject matter that I expected to find in a children's book but I think it's an important one because it can be applied to a lot of children dealing with parents who develop mental disorders. I found in thoughtful and caring in its dealing with the subject. I loved how human and real she made these characters and I love how much of the book revolves around close, healthy, emotionally open male friendships. I wish it had been a little longer. I understand why it ended the way it did, but it also felt extremely abrupt.