Eggs
Readers rate it 3.5 (6 on Hardcover)
224 pages · Released Jun 1, 2007 · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Content report card
Eggs parent’s guide: what’s inside
Sexual content
LGBTQ+ themes
Substance use
What it offers
Educational value
A note for parents
Eggs is a sensitive exploration of grief, loss, and healing through an unlikely friendship between two damaged children. The story handles mature emotional themes—especially the death of David's mother and abandonment issues—with care and age-appropriate nuance rather than graphic depiction. Spinelli emphasizes how friendship, compassion, and understanding help children process trauma, making this ultimately an affirming and hopeful book despite its serious subject matter.
Analyzed by AI · 1 month ago
Read it with your kids?
Rate it and suggest an age to help other parents.
From the publisher
Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she ne... Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew. Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives. This powerful, quirky novel about two very complicated, damaged children has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery.
Shelved under
- Juvenile Fiction
- Young Adult
- Adventure
- Family
- Fiction
- Friendship
- General
Share this guide
ISBN 9780316166461 · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers