Remember Dippy by Shirley Reva Vernick


What have I been reading?  

 

 
 
Here's the gist, but please see the review in an upcoming issue of VOYA.
Who?
Johnny & his older cousin, Remember Dippy, “Yes, that’s right, his name is Remember—straight out of some New Age baby-naming book” (p. 5).

What?
In exchange for room & board, Johnny “helps out with” Remember Dippy, who is autistic

When?
Summer vacation

Where?
 Present-day; fictitious town in Vermont, “Hull, Vermont, should be named Dull, Vermont" (p.3).