A Boy, His Grandad and Half a Worm
MG Contemporary
Ten-year-old, insect-mad Jake loves his grandad more than anything in the whole world. One day, a bully tricks Jake into biting a worm in two. Distraught, he rushes home with the barely alive half-worm. Thankfully it survives. But Grandad is poorly, and Jake desperately wants him to regenerate like the worm he looks after. Using his knowledge of insects to help make sense of the world, Jake overcomes self-doubts and stands up to the bully. But as the worm heals, Grandad's health gets worse and Jake turns to nature to learn how to finally let him go.
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