Author: A.S. King
Age Level: 14+
Pages: 279
Overview:
Caught between daydreams of ants who taunt, tease,
defend, and support him and real dreams of saving his grandfather from
Vietnam, Lucky Linderman tries to survive his freshman year of high
school.
Not
understood by his teachers or parents, lacking friends, being pestered
by a bully, and avoiding trouble at school, Lucky’s freshman year is
strewn with pitfalls but he tries to perservere and survive the best he
can. After Nader McMillian, the boy who has bullied him since he was
seven, physically assaults him at the local pool, Lucky is taken to
Arizona by his mother to spend time with his workaholic uncle Dave and
his crazy aunt Jodi. As the novel switches between chapters about his
freshman year and the events unfolding during the summer, Lucky hopes to
find a way to deal with the adults in his life, make friends, end the
bullying, and save his grandfather all while finding out about himself
along the way.
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