對吉尼來說,這個夏天不只是第一次離開城市,更是第一次真正面對什麼叫「成長」。他眼中的哥哥不想學開槍,酷酷的祖父卻永遠不出門。在充滿疑問與觀察的過程中,吉尼漸漸發現,勇敢也許不是表現給別人看,而是能誠實面對自己。一本節奏自然、情感真摯的成長小說,適合青少年讀者細細品味。Kirkus Award FinalistSchneider Family Book Award WinnerCoretta Scott King Author Honor BookWhen two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires—literally—in this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) by the winner of the Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award.Genie’s summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia—in the COUNTRY! The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Thunderstruck, Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he hides it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans).How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Gra
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