Eleven-year-old Jan's beloved great-grandmother, Gram, breaks her hip, enters a nursing home, and apparently gives up on life, but Jan manages to find another home for her Gram to live and thrive in
I would put this on summer reading lists. If I could, I would require it for my Composition I classes. It brings a closer eye to the elderly generation. And, the effects of the elderly on the family. The love, trouble, and circle of life that continues.