Jerry's Madness is the sequel to Jerry's Magic by W.W. Rowe. In this book, Jerry is having issues keeping his anger under control, but what 11 year old doesn't have that problem. He gets his first kiss, deals with his friend being bullied to the point he wants to commit suicide, and learns how to be nice to even his enemies.
At first, I was thinking about this book from the view of the 8-12 year old range, and thought, "How would an 8 year old deal with the suicide attempt?" I was in this age range in the mid-90s and I don't think I would have been able to handle it then, but the bullying has gotten worse, or at least not handled as well, now than it was then. So many children are attempting or committing suicide at earlier and earlier ages. I think that every child in this age range needs to read it. Let everyone see what could happen when they feel so picked on, abused, and neglected. Everyone needs to learn how to control their anger and learn about forgiveness.
This book, like the first one, has a lot of talk of the Higher Self, meditation and karmic spirituality with his homeless friend Wilcox.
I was given a copy of this book from Larson Publications and NetGalley for free to give an honest opinion.
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