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A hilarious and heartwrenching story about surviving middle school—and an unthinkable diagnosis—while embracing life's weirdness.
Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table.
Based on Rob Harrell's real life experience, this incredibly personal and poignant novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking, hilarious, and uplifting story of survival and finding the music, magic, and laughter in life's weirdness.
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"ALA Notable BookALSC Notable BookBarnes and Noble Children’s Book Award FinalistTIME Best Book of the YearNYPL Best Book for KidsNPR's Book Concierge PickEvanston Public Library Great Books for Kids A Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection2021 ALSC Notable Children’s Books List"
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TIME Best Book of the YearNYPL Best Book for KidsNPR's Book Concierge Pick Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids A Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection2021 ALSC Notable Children’s Books List
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Harrell's genius is making all of it feel authentic for a seventh grader, a teenager who, like countless others, just wants to be normal . . . Bodies change, people change, life continues. It's a lesson a lot of us have been learning, and relearning, in recent days.
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★ "Filled with the same sardonic humor and celebration of atypical friendships as his Life of Zarf series, Harrell draws from personal experience to track the wild emotional roller coaster a seventh-grader rides after being diagnosed with a rare tear duct cancer.
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★ "This page-turner is not to be missed.
— School Library Connection, starred review -
★ "Amusing black-and-white comics trace his unsavory experiences, capture the ironies of his predicament, and underline his creativity and sense of humor . . . This lively novel showcases the author’s understanding of middle school angst amid the protagonist’s experience with a serious illness.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review -
The author balances this anger element well against the typical middle-grade tropes . . . While some of these elements will feel familiar, the novel's emotional climax remains effectively earned . . . Not your typical kid-with-cancer book.
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"The story’s beauty lies in how Ross’s life unfolds and opens . . . This title is delightfully good and different. Highly recommended.
— School Library Journal
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About Rob Harrell
Author and illustrator Rob Harrell created the syndicated comic strip Big Top, and currently writes and draws the strip Adam@Home. Monster on the Hill was his first graphic novel. These days, Harrell is hard at work on a series of middle-grade books. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Amber and their two dogs.
About the Narrators
Michael Crouch is an actor based in New York City. His audiobook narration has won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the animé series Pokémon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
Marc Thompson, a voice actor and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, earned his BFA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, in 1997. He narrates many titles in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars series, and his voice can be heard in commercials, on radio, and on many cartoons, including MTV’s Daria, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6.