

His girlfriend, November Nelson, is pregnant, his cousin Jericho has lost his best friend and his parents hire a lawyer to try to convince November that they ought to. At the same time, he begins playing football, where he hopes the physical pain will suppress the emotional agony. 23, 2007 Sixteen-year-old Josh Prescott dies jumping from a second-story window in a high-school hazing ritual and leaves behind a mess. He finds the only way he can escape the emptiness he feels is to quit doing the things that made him happy when his cousin was alive, such as playing his beloved trumpet. According to the Seasonal Affective Disorder. His world becomes divided into "before" and "after" Josh's death. November also marks the beginning of the ‘winter blues’ season, a time of year in which seasonal changes can begin to affect one’s mood. Polly Straughn November Blues by Sharon M. Jericho Prescott lost his best friend when he lost his cousin, Josh, and the pain is almost more than he can bear. Brief Summary November Blues is a suspenseful and entertaining story about a. How in the world will she tell her mom? And how will Josh's parents take the news? She's never needed a friend more. She's pregnant and now she's faced with the biggest decision of her life. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever.

When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. Draper's Jericho Trilogy and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Jericho and November are locked together in pain from the past and fear for the future, and it feels as though there's no way to escape either.
