-Sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit...the touching ''barbaric yawp'' (Whitman''s phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.- Washington PostHousebound by illness, Caroline hasn-t been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only social media for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in - uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman-s poetry and a school project due the next day-Caroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pair-s hopes and dreams - as well as a deep and mysterious bond that connects them even further.Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2014. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Julie Felise Dubiner.
