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Lenny's Book of Everything

By: Karen Foxlee
Narrated by: Abbe Holmes
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A moving novel about love, loss and growing up with a brother who has gigantism.

Lenny Spinx is the sister of a giant.

Her little brother, Davey, has a rare form of gigantism that puzzles his doctors and astounds his friends, neighbours and teachers. Together, Lenny and Davey escape to a more wondrous reality by obsessing over the entries in their monthly instalment of Burrell’s Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. They lose themselves in passages about abominable snowmen, jellyfish, peregrine falcons and quicksand. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin.

As Davey’s disease progresses, though, their richly imagined world becomes harder to cling to. From A to Z, this is a deeply moving story about growing up and up and up and the unshakable bond between siblings.

©2018 Karen Foxlee (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Friendship

Critic Reviews

"Tough, tender and beautiful." (Glenda Millard, author of The Stars at Oktober Bend)'

"Though I defy you to read it without tears, Lenny’s Book of Everything is warm, humorous, absolutely real, and above all, uplifting." (Wendy Orr, author of Dragonfly Song)
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Loved how the author captures how great challenges bring great insight and growth. Even to young children.

Sibling relationships

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It was sweet and refreshing! A time before Tick tock and instagram. I looked forward to the next encyclopaedia arriving and Mrs Glasbough’s dreams. Lenny’s imagination and Davey’s innocence and total trust. Good on mom for not letting some creep weasel his way into her life.
It was sad yet innocent and hopeful.

Hopeful

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One of the most beautiful and moving books I have ever read. Beautifully written and one that everyone should own.

Beautiful story.

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Beautifully narrated by Anne Holmes this story is told from the pov of Lenny, elder sister of Davy. It navigates their childhood with a hardworking Mum and absent father. The delivery of weekly encyclopaedia instalments helps narrate and navigate the life of Davy beautifully.

This story delighted and broke me all at the same time.

A beautifully heartbreaking tale of siblings.

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the baby voice the reader used throughout the whole book is really annoying. I regret buying an audiobook for this one

the book is beautiful and the story well written

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