After reading all of the reviews about this book, I thought I would really like it but I thought it was o.k. I liked her uncle and her grandma but I felt like they really didn't have a big role in the book when they actually did. However, I really liked all of the notes that Lennie left throughout the story and how Joe found that at the end. 
 I would recommend this book to a teen who has lost someone in their life would really like this book.