The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park shared by kwjam

The Graduation of Jake Moon was a very intriguing book and once I started to read it, I couldn't put it down. The main characters were Jake Moon, a middle school boy who has a grandfather with Alzheimer, Skelly, a senior citizen with Alzheimer and Jake's grandfather, Mrs. Russell, Skelly's certified nurse or just a person to look after Skelly, James, Jake's cousin, and Aunt Marguerite. Skelly was a kind and calm man before he got Alzheimer. He had this kind of effect on people that would make them more confident and feel good about themselves. However, once he was diagnosed with Alzheimer, he became more frantic and would blame Jake for stuff he lost. His Alzheimer kept getting worse and he would keep getting things wrong and put his pajamas in the fridge or oven. Skelly was still healthy enough to paint and do woodwork. One day though, while carrying a table down the stairs, he fell and broke his wrists. He got very worried and refused to do anything related to his wrists after that. One day, Jake had a sleepover and everything was going well until Skelly came into his room naked. Then his reputation at school went way down and everyone knew his grandpa as a "perv". Skelly had dug into the dumpster at Jake's school and Mrs. Russell had to get him. When Skelly and Mrs. Russell went out for breakfast, Skelly went missing. He was reported missing on the news and his hat had been found in front of the lake and everyone thought he drowned. He didn't drown and just went to the lake to drink some water. He came back home in a cab when a cab driver found him wandering around and saw his ID tag that had his address and said he had Alzheimer. Everyone was very relieved. Soon it was Jake's graduation and Skelly almost went missing again. Jake sat Skelly back down and recieved his diploma.