The 10 PM Question

About this book

Worry-prone Frankie keeps his family secret under controluntil a bold inquisitive girl enters his lifein this warm witty and captivating YA novel. Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons is a talented kid with a quirky family a best friend named Gigs and a voice of anxiety constantly nibbling in his head: Could that kidney-shaped spot on his chest be a galloping cancer? Are the smoke alarm batteries flat? Has his cat The Fat Controller given them all worms? Only Ma who never leaves home takes Frankies worries seriously. But then it is Ma who is the cause of the most troubling question of all the one Frankie can never bring himself to ask. When a new girl arrives at schoola daring free spirit with unavoidable questions of her ownFrankies carefully guarded world begins to unravel leading him to a painful confrontation with the ultimate 10 p.m. question. Deftly told with humor poignancy and an endearing cast of characters The 10 P.M. Question will touch everyone who has ever felt set apart.