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Small Steps
Louis Sachar Delacorte Press © 2006 |
Have you ever read the book "Holes"? Do you remember Armpit? Well, this book, "Small Steps", is all about Armpit's life after his horrible experience at Camp Green Lake. He lives a nice life with his parents, has a job as a landscaper, and is great friends with his neighbor Ginny. But his best friend is X-ray, also from Camp Green Lake. Armpit thought he would live a normal, uneventful life after he got out of Camp Green Lake, but boy was he wrong!
Kiara DeLeon, a beautiful singer, is performing in his town. X-ray ends up getting them twisted up in a ticket scandal, and they have to lie to the cops. Just when things can't get any worse, he meets Kiara DeLeon personally, and they fall in love. She writes him a love letter, and the other members of the ticket scandal find out. Now, the only way to stay out of jail is to sell Kiara's letter. Will he risk losing Kiara to sell the letter, or will he risk going to jail for Kiara's love?
I thought this was a great book, with no typos or choppy sentences. The book really kept me interested throughout the whole story, and I had a hard time putting the book down. I would recommend this book to people of all ages, because anyone could learn a lesson form this book. Young children, teenagers, and I think even adults could learn something and enjoy this book.
~ Lindsay Basile, grade 8, Boardman Center Middle School