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“This story ends with me, not looking down before I take the next step, not ever again.”

“I had forced my father to confront the reality that I had formed my own ideas about the way things should work out for me, even if I might make mistakes trying.”

He’s finally making friends with the kid he perpetually calls the “murderer”

The way they add a little “(excuse me)” every time the main character wants to curse is so precious

“Survival is so barbaric”

The whole family is still enjoying this. Throughout the day, we were making references to Sam’s “Excuse me” moments when he refrains from swearing. There’s something to be said about read aloud as a family.

Our 9 year-old has been putting off reading books for Accelerated Reader. I grabbed this Andrew Smith novel, and we have been reading it together as a family. Jack is making progress for AR, and we are spending quality time together around this book.