by Sally Murphy
Candlewick, August 14th, 2012
John loves arranging long,
intricate domino runs, and then toppling them. When his best friend
Dominic gets sick in class and doesn't return to school, John makes
domino runs instead of worrying. But then it turns out that Dom isn't
just sick, he has cancer. John tells his story in chapters of poetry,
the lines lining up like a domino run. But while he'll topple dominoes,
John and his friends will support Dom in every way they can, so that
that cancer doesn't topple him. Sally Murphy has a gift for dealing with
difficult emotions in poetic form, and Toppling is a good book it have
around for the right someone who needs it.
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