Thirteen-year-old David Salmon is getting over his mom\'s sudden decision to pick up and leave.
Be advised: all you need is love..
Be ready to cry.
Be ready to laugh.
Might As Well Be Dead is a story about a boy in crisis.
It\'s a journey David desperately doesn\'t want to make...because it takes him somewhere he desperately doesn\'t want to go.
Eventually, however, Winston confesses the real reason he showed up: he needs David to deliver a message.
Winston also proves a valuable advisor in navigating the trials of middle school-best friend problems and a budding romance.
If nothing else, Winston is a welcome distraction from the mess at home
David\'s dad cannot seem to cope with his wife\'s decision move out.
David suspects that Winston may not be real, but he seems harmless enough, as hallucinations go, and the two of them become friends.
He meets a middle-aged Englishman named Winston outside his house.
He seems to be adjusting fairly well, but then a strange thing happens.
Thirteen-year-old David Salmon is getting over his mom\'s sudden decision to pick up and leave