Drew is a student at Parkway Northeast Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri. Drew loves catching Pokemon, playing with his best friend and little brother Tyler, or snuggling on his service dog, Snoopy. Notice that I'm talking about the author, here, not the book (yet). And it's a book I read very carefully, because it was signed by Drew himself.
But Drew isn’t an ordinary middle schooler — he’s a warrior in disguise! In 2019, at 6½ years old, Drew was diagnosed with brain cancer called Anaplastic Ependymoma. He received surgery and radiation at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and was the hospital’s youngest patient to do radiation without sedation. Since then, Drew has battled brain cancer four more times and traveled to Hermann Memorial Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee for treatment and clinical trials. Drew is supported by many family and friends who makeup "Drew’s Crew" and are always supporting him through his journey.
Now about the book:
When the scared little narwhale started to school (after his Mommy had met teachers ahead of time and made plans for him, When the yello sub picked him up (like our yellow school bus picks up American children), he was ready to go. Making plans means we can do hard things.
My thanks to Pam for letting me borrow this book. She's a friend of Drew's family here in St. Louis. It's such a great book! I rate it 10 of 10.
- On Monday, I mused about a Chilean girl in Maine, HERE.
- Friday's Book Beginning was posted HERE.
- Dogs on Saturday/Caturday? Yes, HERE.
This has been a slow week, so that's it for today.
is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.
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