The book is about Marcus Jordan, a 16 year old boy who just moved to Kennesaw from Kansas. He meets a 54 year old man named Charlie in the park one day and they bond. Due to his Alzheimer's he has a warped reality. Charlie realizes that he went to college and played in the NFL but still believes that he is a teenager and that Marcus is his teenage friend Mac. I think that Marcus became friends with Charlie because he had no other friends in his new town. I knew that Charlie had at least played on a college level of football due to his size and athletic ability before it was revealed in the book, but I never caught on to his disease until Marcus found out.
For his own safety, I really feel that Charlie's disease should not have been kept a secret by his family. Even though Charlie did not want to go to the home, it was the best thing for him to keep him out of trouble and provide safety.
After reading the book, I was stunned that Charlie died so suddenly when he fell off of the stadium. Marcus never said in the book, but if it was me that took Charlie to the stadium against his family's will, I believe I would have felt very guilty.
I was also flabbergasted that Charlie died with his disease still a secret. I believe that if Charlie had lived longer, his secret would have been exposed eventually because his condition was progressing. It was also unexpected when Marcus and Troy made amends at Charlie's funeral.
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