Author: A.C.E. Bauer
Copyright: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-375-83921-4
This book is for all the kids who truly believe that their parents are trying to ruin their life. Augie Boretski does not fit in. He just happens to be a scrawny white kid living in Camden, New Jersey. All Augie wants is to survive Camden so that he can go somewhere better.
Everything starts to fall apart in Augie's life when he accidentally steals a magical fairy tale book. Yes, he accidentally stole the book. That's the sort of kid Augie is. He lies to his mother and the neighbor, takes the train from Camden to Philadelphia, hides out in a bookstore, then runs out still holding a book. He doesn't even like books, Augie was only holding it as a prop so that no one would bug him.
Just to make his life worse at the age of twelve Augies mother decides that he needs a "male role model" and signs him up to participate in the Big Brothers program. Augie is getting beat up every day, having his lunch stolen, and hiding from drug dealers, an ice storm wrecks his school the only place he feels safe.
Augie decides that for the first time in his life he will stand up for something. Now read the book to find out what he stands for.
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