![]() ![]() ![]() The 12-year-old lands a part in a school play and is finally able to live out his dream of taking the spotlight (even if he is playing the minor role of an "old crone"-how he warms up to the role makes for some comical scenes). At home, the boy sometimes feels lost in a mob of people (when he was little, he once lamented "I'm just a little sardine, squashed in a tin"), but he does have a wonderful fantasy life, in which he always manages to rise above the crowd and emerge a hero. Using a surgeon's precision, the author cuts beneath Leo's surface layer to reveal his concerns about the future and his desire to be someone special. ), this story features a middle child growing up in a large, boisterous Italian family. Written with the kind of warmth, understanding and economical prose that has characterized Creech's previous novels ( Walk Two Moons ![]()
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