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My Ex-Imaginary Friend

Jimmy Matejek-Morris

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-5415-9699-3

Keywords: divorce, bipolar, imaged friend

Deserted by his parents, ten-year-old Jack decides he needs his ex-best friend George, half-walrus, half-human, to help him put his family back together.