Going Bovine Printz Honor

Bray ,Libba, Going bovine,(2010)  Ember; Reissue Edition 

Cameron Smith is a 16 year old boy, described as lazy, unwilling and a typical forgetful teenager. Cameron just wants to sail through it all- school, work, even family.  But when the hallucinations begin and he is told he is soon to die.    Cameron is diagnosed with mad-cow disease and soon hospitalized. Cameron knowing that his days are short lived begins to hallucinate without knowing.  He is visited by a punk rock angel with spray painted wings, Dulcie, with news that he can beat the disease if he sets off to find Dr. X.  His journey begins in Texas and continues to Louisiana.  Cameron eventually earns his cure by defeating a wizard with a trumpet given to him by a jazz musician in New Orleans. On his journey Cameron begins with Gonzo and later meet up with Balder a garden gnome.  He ends up in Florida on the Small World ride. Cameron and Dulcie engage in conversation in which Cameron asks if any of his travels were real to which Dulcie replies "Who's to say what's real or not?" 

I recommended Going Bovine to grades 8 and up.  Alike books American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang and The Diviners by Libba Bray. 
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