Scribble

by Richard W. Jennings

After suddenly being able to communicate with ghosts by day and night, Lawson tries to find a way to reach his deceased best friend, but when she does not appear and he can find no way to reach her, Lawson must turn to his many memories of their time together in order to come to terms with the fact that she is gone forever.

Genres: Childrens

149 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2004

About the author

Richard Jennings was born and raised in Tennessee. After attending Rhodes College, he moved to Kansas City where he co-founded a popular book store, Rainy Day Books, where his books are always in stock.

Mr. Jennings lives in Overland Park, Kansas, with his wife and family. “He has five children, four grandchildren, a dog, a cat, and a parrot” (as seen on the cover of his books).

He has written novels, short stories, essays, articles, children’s activity books, has made several professional appearances, is a literary judge, and he continues to publish new works.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lawson lives next door to his best friend Jip. He'd never thought about his best friend being a girl. Jip knew about everything including ghosts. Lawson didn't think much about Jip not being well, until suddenly she died. Scribble had been Jip's dog until he bit her. She gave Scrbble to Lawson, who couldn't think about a life before him. Then Scribble and Lawson started seeing ghosts: Sam Walton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Matisse, a bus of ghosts being driven by Nat King Cole. He knew Jip was trying to send him a message, but what was it? Good read about the way we deal with death and acceptance.