A review by ajonas17
Mayday by Karen Harrington

3.0

Wayne is the kid who knows everything. In need a random fact? Wayne's the guy. He's the guy until he and his mother are in a plane crash coming back from his uncle's funeral and Wayne's life turns upside down. As a shy person who depends on his voice to make connections, Wayne must figure out what it means to live in his world without his uncle and without his voice. After the crash, the world as Wayne knew it is gone and it is his responsibility to find new ways to communicate with the most important people in his life. I didn't love Mayday because it's really slow. I got halfway, maybe even more than halfway, through and nothing exciting had happened. The book is marketed as a coming-of-age story and those normally can move me to tears but I wasn't moved by this book and I don't think I'd read it again.