Friends for Life

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 10, 2015

Review

Francis, the main character in this book, doesn’t have any friends. He’s different, and kind of gets made fun of at middle school. But then he meets Jessica, she’s a ghost, and the 2 of them become friends. Jessica has no idea why she is a ghost or why Francis is the only one that can see her. But she senses that there is something she needs to do and that, quite possibly, her friendship with Francis will be the key to finding out what that is.

This is a wonderful story. It’s funny but at the same time takes a look at the problems kids that are different face and the choices (suicide being one) that this pressure can make them choose. The thing that makes this book so special is the way it keeps this issue in the background, you definitely know it’s there, but it spends more time on letting the characters find realistic, ways to deal with the issue of being different.

Overall Book Score: excellent