Books with title The Long Goodbye

AS LONG AS she can remember, Anna has lived in the same Upper West Side apartment with her parents and brother, Tom; she’s attended the same private school and had the same best friend, Katie. Katie has always loved hanging out with Anna’s family and escaping the tension in her own small apartment, where her single mom struggles to raise her severely mentally challenged brother.But then something changes. Katie’s brother gets violent with her mother and now he’s going to live in a home. Suddenly Katie is angry with Anna, and just as quickly they’re not friends anymore. Anna’s mom tells her that Katie just needs someone to be mad at right now, and that everything will be okay, but Anna knows that she has entered the Goodbye Time—and things are changing faster than she can understand.

* For readers who loved Wonder and the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time this heart felt debut will make you laugh and cry.* Written in the style of a diary, The Goodbye Bug is for adventure-loving readers young and old. Thirteen-year-old Christopher Haimes loves nothing more than spending time with his big brother Kirby. Together the boys share a mutual love of astronomy and dream of one day building their very own observatory. But Kirby hasn't been his usual happy self lately. A group of school bullies are determined to make his life miserable and when the bullying results in Kirby’s tragic death, the Haimes family is left devastated. All Christopher wants is for life to go back to normal and Mum and Dad to stop arguing. Then one night a mysterious parcel is delivered to the family home. Inside is an ancient Egyptian artifact - recently stolen from the British Museum - with a note that promises the chance of a lifetime. A chance for Kirby to come back to life. A chance to be a family again. But keeping it secret won’t be easy ... and saying goodbye might just prove to be impossible.