Inchworm - Cottontail sequel to "Like No Other Child" Oscar becomes a regular in the infirmary and the only thing keeping Rodney rational is the knowledge that his visits aren’t mandatory. Once bandages and salves are applied he can usually go right back home to his own bed. There are no overnight stays, no injections and treatments. He just leaves with another new bruise, scratch or cut and a lollipop.

When I saw there was a sequel to "Like No Other Child" I was really excited. The first was so great that I knew any follow up would be the same. After all the sadness and angst of the first one, a little light heartedness was kind of a relief, but it is never without a tinge of bitter-sweetness. John and Rodney decide to have another child, which if you had read the first, you would know that in the end they allude to having a second, Oscar. Like in the first the story is told back and forth through time, starting with Oscar, who has Rodney's smarts and John's devil-may-care attitude graduating from Caltech - age 19. I like how this focuses on Rodney, he's for lack of a better term - like a mother who lost a child; frightened, hopeful, obsessively concerned with his child's health, worried that the second child will subplant the memory of the first. Which of course would never happen and only crystalizes the memories because that's what it's about building memories.