The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price

About this book

A heartfelt beautifully written novel of love loss and mathperfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Sharon M. Draper. This "tangible allegory of grief through the eyes of a struggling 12-year-old boy" has been cited by Brightly.com as a book about sadness and grief that will help support kids and foster conversation. Ever since twelve-year-old Charlie Prices mom died he feels like his world has been split into two parts. Before included stargazing and Mathletes and Saturday scavenger hunts with his family. After means a dad whos completely checked out comically bad dinners and grief group thats anything but helpful. It seems like losing Mom meant losing everything else he loved too. Just when Charlie thinks things cant get any worse his sister Imogen starts acting erraticallymissing school and making up lies about their mother. But everything changes when one day he follows her down a secret passageway in the middle of her bedroom and sees for himself. Imogen has found a parallel world where Mom is alive! Theres hot cocoa and Scrabble and scavenger hunts again and everything is perfect . . . at first. But something doesnt feel right. Whenever Charlie returns to the real world things are different and not in a good way. And Imogen wants to spend more and more time on the other side. Its almost as if she wants to leave the real world for good. If Charlie doesnt uncover the truth he could lose himself the true memory of their mother and Imogen . . . forever.