contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraphs
  4. Prologue: The Adults Around Here
  5. Last Year—BOT DUCK MAN
  6. What Grace Is
  7. Summer
  8. Table Assignments
  9. Lit Circle
  10. Black Rectangle
  11. Library
  12. Tad’s Books
  13. The Mug
  14. Action Station
  15. Things You Don’t Expect
  16. The Plan
  17. The B-Word
  18. She
  19. The Day We Have Off Because of Lies
  20. The Sickness
  21. Longest Day Ever
  22. Aliens Don’t Like Feminism
  23. Recess Inside My Head
  24. Still Processing
  25. The Truth
  26. The Truth II
  27. Bona Fide Human
  28. The Crush
  29. Chapter Eleven
  30. Ice Cream
  31. Not Fun
  32. The School Board
  33. Telling Denis
  34. The City
  35. BLT
  36. Waiting … and Waiting … and Waiting
  37. Author Mail
  38. The Dance
  39. Popcorn
  40. Columbus Boy
  41. Karmann Ghia Convertible
  42. Lighter / Heavier / Lighter
  43. Halloween
  44. Surprise!
  45. What Happens Next
  46. Acknowledgments / Author’s Note
  47. About the Author
  48. Copyright