![]() ![]() Dan's honesty, smarts, and earnest efforts to do good may not earn him any popularity points at school, but they will win readers' affection and admiration. With sensitivity and humor, Wood (Wildlife) traces the roller-coaster life of a boy in the midst of significant upheaval. At the top of his list is to "kiss Estelle," his new next-door neighbor and secret crush. ![]() In the depth of his misery, Dan creates a list of six "impossible" desires he wants to fulfill, including getting a job, not being a "complete nerd/loser," and reconnecting with his father. Attending public school is a nightmare for "private school refugee" Dan, and his mother can't get her wedding cake business off the ground because she keeps talking brides out of getting married. Dan and his jobless mother move into a malodorous Victorian house they have inherited from an aunt, where things go from bad to worse. Fourteen-year-old Dan finds out just how quickly life can change when his father moves out after announcing that he's bankrupt and gay. ![]()
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