I found this book sitting on my to-read shelf on Goodreads a couple weeks ago. It had been sitting there for so long that I don't even remember why I initially wanted to read it, but I'm glad I did. In fact, I loved it so much I ended up buying myself a copy.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer is basically about a 9-year-old boy who has to deal with the death of his father on 9/11. He's a very curious child who has a very active imagination—which can be a blessing and a curse. A blessing because his mind has no limits on where it could take him. He's an intelligent boy and quite well informed about the world around him. It could easily be seen with how he takes situations and people in for what it is and what they are—without judgement. Just mere observation.
