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This book comes with a couple starred reviews and is probably for more mature readers willing to get involved in the lives of three high school friends.  T.C. loves baseball and his mother died when he was 6.  At that time he became friends with Augie who helped him over his mother’s death, and they officially became “brothers” for all time.  T.C. is also in love with Ale (Alejandra) Perez, daughter of a Mexican diplomat and an aspiring stage actress.  Augie is also in the beginning stages of figuring out that he might be gay, even though everyone else has figured it out.

We get to know these people as a result of a junior year English assignment where they look back on their 9th grade year using email messages, diary entries, and letters to favorite celebrities, Jacqueline Kennedy, and T.C.’s deceased mother to record the year’s events.  Through T.C. we also get to know a 6-year-old deaf foster child who is obsessed with Mary Poppins and hoping she will come and take care of him, too, someday.  Every chapter is written by a different character and each one gives us more to like in these characters.  Lots to feel good about in this book!