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Laura
Dec 22, 2012 rated it liked it
Sweet tale; a mix of My Side of the Mountain and every fish-out-of-water story you've read. Jack (last name Bauer, but my guess is the target age group won't know about '24') has recently lost his mother and his naval captain father moves him from Kansas to a Maine boarding school close to the Portsmouth base. The only friend Jack seems to make is an odd child, Early, who sometimes attends classes, lives in a basement workshop and seems to have epilepsy. Oh, and Early has created a story about t ...more
Marianne
Jan 31, 2014 rated it really liked it
Personally, I really liked this book about two boys (one is mildly autistic) on a "journey." But, I'm not sure the kids are going to like it. . . ...more
Meredith Fickes
Jan 12, 2013 rated it liked it
Rachel Piper
Jan 14, 2013 marked it as to-read-own
Liz
Mar 02, 2013 marked it as to-read
katayoun Masoodi
Jun 14, 2013 marked it as tbr-ebook
Shelves: ya, ebook
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Jul 03, 2013 rated it liked it
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Dec 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Mar 11, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Apr 16, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Aug 20, 2014 rated it really liked it
Teresa Jensen
Jun 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Jessica
Jul 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
April
Mar 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
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Jul 09, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Mar 27, 2025 rated it really liked it