Reading Level: Young Adult(4 out of 5)
The story of Alex and James is told in alternating chapters. It starts with Alex goes to James and back and forth. Alex and James are brothers and they have drifted apart. James is a senior and popular. Alex is a junior and starts his junior year by drinking Pine Sol at a party. All Alex's friends have ditched him. Alex finds a friend in his neighbor and is befriended by one of James friends Nathan. Nathan gets him interested in cross country running and Alex makes the team. Alex is happier than he has been in a long time. James is just wanting to get out of town and go to college. Over the course of the year he and Alex reconnect and he realizes that once he gets out of town coming home won't be so bad.
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