Age Group: 9 - 12 Years

Description:

Popcorn is a warm, funny, and genuinely moving illustrated middle-grade novel from Rob Harrell, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award. Andrew is just trying to survive Picture Day — but from the moment he walks into school, everything goes catastrophically wrong: a gym class basketball to the face, a bully, a science experiment disaster, and an explosive grape juice incident (don't ask). For Andrew, who lives with anxiety and OCD, each mishap adds heat to that kernel of worry in his chest, until the news that his beloved grandmother with Alzheimer's has gone missing threatens to make it all pop. Told with Harrell's signature humour and interspersed with Andrew's own "Anxiety File" comics and real coping strategies, this book handles genuinely hard things with extraordinary lightness and heart. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Guts and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Recommended for readers aged 9–12.