Amy Silverman has been torn away from Chicago, her school, and her friends, when the death of her mother forced Amy and her father to join her undertaker uncle in podunk Buckington. She is bitter and angry about the move.
Before school, Miles and his fashionista friend Randall, bowl an early morning game. As Miles' father takes the boys to school, he notices that Miles forgot to change out of his bowling shoes. While his father and Randall feel that wearing the shoes to school will label him as a pure dork, Miles decides that he is making a fashion statement and decides not to change into his tennis shoes. As they walk into school, Miles and Randall get into a heated argument over the shoes. A fight ensues, one of the bowling shoes come off, Randall throws it, and knocks over a girl as it hits her in the head.
Amy, feeling uncomfortable on her first day of school, is worried about her outfit and is self-conscious of the special shoe she wears to accommodate one leg shorter than the other. As she is walking into school, she suddenly finds herself on the ground, knocked down by a flying object. Why would anyone do this to her?
And so meet Miles and Amy, an awkward pair to say the least. From this chance meeting builds a friendship that has its many ups and downs, but becomes one that helps Miles and Amy work through the difficulties and challenges that life has thrown at them. A sweet story, that while not challenging or thought provoking, is the right kind of warm escapism that we need ever-so-often. The story is interrupted intermittently with a message to the reader to inform or fill in the gaps. While informative, I felt they were unnecessary. Most readers will figure things out on their own.
Mark's Book Picks Score: 3
Reading Level: 4.0 • Interest Level: 4-7 • AR Points: NA • Lexile: NA
Publisher: Random House • 323 Pages • Copyright: 2017 • ISBN: 978-1-524-71373-7 • Available in Perma-Bound binding.
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