My Mom's a Mortician

By: Patricia Wiles

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Synopsis: Winner of the 2004 Middle Grade Fiction Award from the Association for Mormon Letters. It's bad enough that Kevin's mother is about to graduate from mortuary college, but when his parents tell him they're moving to a small town in the Arkansas delta to run the Paramount Funeral Home, Kevin is certain it's his life that's over. After all, normal people don't live in houses with dead bodies downstairs! Once in Armadillo, Arkansas, Kevin tries to adapt to the family business. When he's targeted by the biggest bully in the seventh grade, Kevin begins to "hear" advice from an unlikely source--Cletus McCulley, an old Mormon fisherman and one of his mother's dead customers. Cletus's messages from beyond the grave lead Kevin to uncover not only the bully's secrets, but the truth about a family tragedy that shattered his parents' faith and led them away from God. It's up to Kevin to find the courage to face the bully, and to find a way to help his family heal.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 132 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781504029308
Related ISBNs:: 9781504029438
Publisher:: Open Road Distribution
Date of Addition:: 08/18/23
Copyrighted By:: Patricia Wiles
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality, Humor
Grade Levels:: Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
Reading Age:: 10–13
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.