Summer Reading- Sprout by Dale Peck

Honestly I was a little disappointed with this book. The most important event in this book by far is Sprout's mom dying. This is the whole reason why he moved from Long Island to Kansas and why his dad started drinking a lot. Without his mom dying, there would be no story. When he moved to Kansas, he became a totally new person: he came out about his sexuality, he died his hair green and he became good friends with this one girl. Basically, he became a totally different person. I would rate this book a 6 out of 10 because the plot could have been interesting, but he went into too much detail about other things.