As much as I loved Checker's curious mystique and unyielding fascination for the world in which he lives, I had a hard time caring about his story!

The quippy dialogue was definitely cute as each character was defined primarily through their interactions with others. However, so many main characters made it feel like each was fighting for his or her place in the book's limelight. Perhaps this is just might take on it, or, then again, perhaps Ms. Shriver did and excellent job of portraying 'band life' in text!

A saddening little story where good fights evil and I'm not quite sure who wins but at least evil doesn't get it outright!