Crooked Lines
Tyminski, R. F.
Crooked Lines is about healing. The main character, Griff, gets shocking news before his ninth birthday when he finds out he has a rare disease with painful treatments. Griff's family doesn't know what to do between two working parents, a depressed grandmother, and an obnoxious older brother who can scarcely tolerate him. The family doctor doesn't tell him much either. The story moves in three segments from when he starts fourth grade with a c...