Urn:lcp:smallsteps0000loui:lcpdf:3bab516e-ac45-4537-a28a-b7458fa8f31f Foldoutcount 0 Identifier smallsteps0000loui Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2zt3m77zjg Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780385661577 Metasource_catalog openlibrary Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-1-gd3a4 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1300608 Openlibrary_edition (Jan.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:33:06 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40840417 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Sachar does inject some credible intrigue here (notably surrounding the potential legal consequences of Armpit's and X-Ray's involvement in the ticket scam) and effectively emphasizes the importance of taking "small steps." Unfortunately, although Armpit's steady small steps result in some big strides, this is a disappointingly flat spin-off of Sachar's resonant Newbery winner. Even less likely is the novel's final, sensational melodrama (Kaira's evil stepfather and manager futilely tries to murder her and frame Armpit for the crime).
In a rather contrived plot twist, Armpit winds up meeting Kaira who then falls for Armpit-and he for her. This bright, perceptive girl has given Armpit a great deal ("For the first time in his life, there was someone who looked up to him, who cared about him") and has "released him from his anger." X-Ray, another Camp Green Lake alum, nearly derails Armpit's new life when he convinces Armpit to buy into a ticket-scalping scheme for a concert by teen rock star Kaira-a scheme that goes horribly awry. The earnest teen is back on track, in no small part due to the mutually restorative friendship he has forged with Ginny, a 10-year-old neighbor born with cerebral palsy. Armpit now works for a landscape company while he finishes up high school. Follows a former detainee at Camp Green Lake Juvenile Correctional Facility (where he was sent after a spilled-popcorn-mishap-turned brawl at a cinema), in his life on the outside.
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