"A unique and compelling novel from a master storyteller." —
School Library Journal,
starred review
The critically acclaimed author of
Lily and Dunkin
delivers another heartfelt story that will remind readers you never know who needs a friend the most.
Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center—even though he
could
be killed by a bolt of lightning or a wild animal that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo on the way there.
Amy is the new girl at school who wishes she didn't have to live above her uncle's funeral home and tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after.
Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way . . . and that's when it all begins. . . .