
Ready to Fall
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A YA novel about a teen who finds hope and a fresh start after a terrible loss, and learns that being strong means letting go
Following the death of his mother, Max Friedman comes to believe that he is sharing his brain with a tumour; one that possesses a dark sense of humour and a relentless ability to tease. As Max becomes focused on controlling the malignant tenant, he starts to lose touch with his friends and family, and with reality itself -- so Max's father sends him off to the artsy Baldwin School to regain his footing.
Soon, Max has joined a group of theatre misfits in a steam-punk production of Hamlet. He befriends Fish, a girl with pink hair and a troubled past, and The Monk, a boy who refuses to let go of the things he loves. For a while, Max almost feels happy. But the tumour is always lurking in the wings - until one night it knocks him down, and Max is forced to face the truth.
Ready to Fall is a funny, touching story of grief, love - and the courage it takes to start afresh.
'Grief becomes something oddly beautiful - and beautifully odd' Kirkus (starred review)
'Rewarding and touching' Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Marcella Pixley is a teacher and the author of two previous books for teens, Freak, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and Without Tess. She lives in Westford, Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.
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- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- PROMISES
- FUNERAL ON RYE WITH MUSTARD
- WELCOME TO THE HOTEL GLIOBLASTOMA
- THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS: AND OTHER UNFORTUNATE PLATITUDES
- BROWN-RICE SUSHI
- BALDWIN
- ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES HAVE GOOD ICE CREAM
- DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
- MEASURE FOR MEASURE
- MORNING HAS BROKEN
- WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
- YELLOW SMILEY SICKROOM
- TRUTH AND TRUANCY
- BOTTLE OF COW
- BILDUNGSROMAN AND OTHER FOUR-SYLLABLE WORDS
- ERNIE'S JUNK SHOP
- BLUE WILLOW
- AFTER
- BEEF LO MEIN
- THOMAS A. TROWBRIDGE THE FOURTH
- SOPHOMORES ARE SOPHOMORIC AND OTHER TAUTOLOGIES
- TRUST FALL
- TO BE OR NOT
- LADY J. AND THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
- NIRVANA
- ALL THINGS FRAGILE AND DESPERATE
- UNGEZIEFER VERWANDELT
- MISERY MAKES GOOD FICTION
- GET THEE TO A NUNNERY
- TRIANGLES AND OTHER THREE-SIDED POLYGONS
- BIRDS TO THE SLAUGHTER
- PERCHANCE TO DREAM
- SCORPION BOWL
- TARDIS
- CONCUSSION WITH EXTRA CHEESE
- WALRUS
- EARLY-MORNING SINGING SONG
- LAUGHTER AND TEARS
- SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
- LONG ROAD HOME
- PAPER CRANES
- SHARD
- AFTERMATH
- STEAMPUNK
- READY TO FALL
- THE FALL OF A SPARROW
- ENCORE
- CURTAIN CALL
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
- COPYRIGHT
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