What a wonderful story about the author’s grandfather with Alzheimer’s. The author's creativity in weaving this heavy and sad subject matter to make it understandable for adolescent readers (and adults) was just remarkable. This book is engaging, funny, and extremely well written. It's a wonderful resource for families struggling with this horrible disease to help children and adults understand what is happening to their loved one with Alzheimer’s. Thank you, Jack Cole, for writing this heartfelt story...this book will help so many people!

The young author does a great job weaving two difficult realities, having a family member with Alzheimer's disease and navigating your early teens, into a fast paced, often times funny, story. High School student/author Jack Cole manages to get a lot of factual information about Alzheimer's, patient care, and drug trials in without weighing the story and plot down.

How do you begin to explain Alzheimer's Disease to children? Although this disease affects everyone in a family, for younger children, this can be a particularly scary and confusing time when questions seem to outnumber answers. To make things worse, it's often hard for children to talk about their feelings. Through its funny and light-hearted approach, this book serves as a kind and comforting way to introduce Alzheimer's Disease to children as well as to help them start a much-needed conversation through which they can ask questions and discuss their feelings about what's happening to their loved ones.

This is a great read that encourages discussions around memory, aging, and the value of close relationships. It is a memorable and impactful novel for middle schoolers.

Jack Cole portrays Alzheimer's in a way that is informative, without being overwhelming, by providing a glimpse into the condition and hope for a treatment. The narrative provides readers with a compassionate understanding of the condition, balancing the more challenging aspects with moments of humor, adventure, and the importance of friendships.

Having a parent with Alzheimer's is daunting. Explaining to your kids why their grandfather is losing his memory is painful. My daughter read this book and felt a lot less alone in the world. She also learned about baseball cards! LOL. It is entertaining and well written! A lot of helpful fun!

So our older neighbor got diagnosed with dementia not long ago, and our 11 year-old daughter was afraid to go over to their house even though she's been going over there for years to play with their dog. I found this book and downloaded it for her. She read it in one day and is now back at their house as I write this. She realized that our neighbor is still the same guy.

This book is fun and happy and exciting to read. I recommend this especially if you like to collect things.