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Not As We Know It by Tom Avery, Kate Grove
4.0

I don’t cry at books very easily but this was definitely one of those special few.

An emotional and heartbreaking story of 11 year old Jamie and his twin brother Ned.
Ned has Cystic Fibrosis, a heavy topic well discussed and described easily for children to understand.

The book covers some very heavy topics including grief, illness, and suicide, that are beautiful covered by the fantasy of mermaids and 80s pop culture.

A well written and easy to follow read, this book would definitely be for the older primary age range and would do well to be a discussion piece with adults.