Kaleidoscope

"To tell you the story of the book implies that I know more than I do. Here’s what I do know: It’s amazing and worth many visits. A series of vignettes introduced by luscious pencil drawings of the view inside a kaleidoscope and an image from the vignette itself, it features a 13-year-old narrator and his friend James, who is alive in some of the vignettes and dead in others, but never any less real or present. It’s about memory and love. It’s amazing and beautiful. (For ages 10 and up)"