Green Eyes and Ham

Name: Green Eyes and Ham
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Penney
ISBN: 9780063248960

Author: Mary Penney

Narrator: André Santana

Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/07/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Acceptance, understanding, and hope shine through in this heartfelt coming of age story by Eleven and Holding author Mary Penney, perfect for fans of Lindsey Stoddard and Lisa Graff.After a lifetime of being homeschooled, Ham Hudson is hoping that a new year in a new school will help make him a whole new Ham. Instead, he’s saddled with an archnemesis to avoid, a confusing and exhausting social sphere to navigate, and a whole host of insecurities to add to his old ones.But then Ham meets Micah. Sympathetic and effortlessly cool, Micah quickly becomes a lifeline in a strange world. Ham wants Micah to think he belongs—to want him around as much as Ham wants to be around him.The more that Ham tries to fit in, the less he recognizes himself. When things start to unravel, Ham has to decide—is fitting in worth changing who he wants to be?

About Mary Penney

Mary Penney thinks eleven-year-olds ought to be given special medals for surviving one of the toughest years of childhood. She feels certain she ate her body weight in peanut M&M’s that year just to cope. She says that when she was eleven-and-a-half, she began shape-shifting from a reasonable-looking child to an awkward creature with arms, legs, ears, and teeth all pointing in different directions. She wants you all to know that awkward stage passes eventually and very cool things happen next. Just hang on!She is a US Army veteran and works full-time for the Department of Veteran Affairs. Mary lives in Santa Barbara with her four-legged children who love to sleep, play practical jokes, and throw up hairballs. Mary loves to swim (badly), practice yoga (stiffly), and walk (into lots of things). Despite all that, she is deeply grateful for all her Irish good luck, and especially for being able to write novels for kids.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Latitude on August 13, 2022

this book has Wild Morality and has things that just wouldn't happen in schools. there are a lot of typos and also ham gets shushed in a library. also ham is very dumb as a main character which is fine in a middle grade novel but Future Ham keeps being like And then I Made A Stupid Decision. We know......more

Goodreads review by ArgoNYY on March 26, 2022

GREEN EYES AND HAM Mary Penney A friend gave me an ARC of Green Eyes and Ham. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Abraham "Ham" Hudson has grown up in a parsonage at which his mother is Parson. He grew up in his Mom's church and happily does errands and helps some of the aging "church ladies” (handled with humor......more

Goodreads review by Robyn on June 02, 2022

Such a wonderful book! I love that this is not just "am I queer?" but also "how do I navigate having new friends?" and "what do I do about bullies?" The age range is 8-12 year olds, but the novel focuses on Ham, a 13 year old boy going to public school for the first time. I think this book is great......more

Goodreads review by Dara on June 02, 2022

Loved the audio of this book! Good friendships! Homeschooler to public schooler! Track! I loved it! #bookposse......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 10, 2023

Ham (short for Abraham) has his first big crush on Micah (Green Eyes) who ends up being a manipulative, lying, and unkind person. Ham is so smitten that he keeps buying Micah's excuses as well as providing some of his own for him. Luckily, for Ham, he is surrounded by so many good people. His mother......more