This would have been one of my all-time favorite books as a child, had I read it then. As it is, this is one of my all-time favorite children's books as an adult. In this #ownvoices story, Kyle Lukoff spins a beautiful tale of an 11 y/o who just lost their beloved uncle, navigating that grief along with questions of identity and belonging as middle school looms ahead of them. I loved everything about it.