Dear Franklin: My Dad Just Had an Operation, What Do I Do?

At first, after her dad collapses while working out at his gym and has to undergo emergency heart-valve surgery, 11-year-old only-child Hannah Brody is shielded from the truth of what's happened by her distraught over-protective mother. Trying to make sense of what's going on is confusing. Hannah doesn't have siblings. Her best and only friend Cakes has moved thousands of miles away. With no one in whom she can confide or share her fears, her only outlet becomes writing in the diary that's been collecting dust on a shelf in her bedroom. As she slowly comes to learn the truth of her dad's condition, Hannah finds support from unexpected quarters: a brash but annoying boy, Billy Rocco, she considers the bane of her existence, and the kindly visiting nurse who's overseeing her father's recovery. Funny, richly textured, and moving, Dear Franklin is a novel about resilience in the face of near tragedy, an instructive and inspiring example of how to cope for middle-graders confronted with life's unexpected twists and turns.

Author: Jake Ryan

Publisher: Arbitrary Press

Publication Date: Oct 15, 2022

Number of Pages: 136 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1958762024

ISBN-13: 9781958762028