This is more of a middle school or maybe even younger type book about a young man with Down syndrome. Story is told by his niece Delrita, he lives with her & her parents. They had just moved from the country into town & she has started school and has tried to not make any friends because she is afraid of how they would react to her Uncle Punky. She loves him but is scared of how people react to him and is basically trying to protect him. Her mother is Punky's sister and they have another brother that lives in town too & is married but they have no children. There is some conflict because Uncle Bert & Aunt Queen think Punky should be out more--going to special olympics and working at a special needs workshop but Delrita's mom doesn't want this. She stays at home with Punky. Well throw in a terrible accident that kills Delrita's parents and her and Punky are now with Uncle Bert and Aunt Queenie--conflict happens obviously. Sadly Punky has a heart condition too and dies, think he was in late 30s only. Delrita wants a private ceremony for the funeral but when going to the cemetery a parade of people from town join in and she realizes that Punky affected people positively more than the negative way she had seen. A sad kind of younger kid read.
Book is in a little rough shape and it will be on my keepers since about Down syndrome too.
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