Eggs

Nine-year-old David weighs the heavy silence of his home after his mother’s accidental death, living with a grandmother he resents and a father who stays away for work. He meets thirteen-year-old Primrose, a girl who lives in a decaying van and navigates a volatile relationship with her fortune-teller mother. The two lonely children form an abrasive alliance, spending their nights scavenging for hubcaps and searching for a magical sunrise on Easter morning. Their bond is built on shared grief and social isolation rather than typical friendship.

This story serves middle-grade readers who encounter complicated family dynamics or the weight of unexpected loss. It offers a blunt look at how anger and mourning manifest in childhood behavior. Readers find a realistic depiction of broken domestic lives and the strange ways people provide solace to one another when traditional support systems fail. The book leaves the audience with an understanding of how shared vulnerability can stabilize individual lives during moments of crisis.

Clear-cut; an easy read.

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