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Gr 10 Up—Joe and Alvin are 18-year-old twins. Alvin, the tempestuous, brassy brother, has run off to Tennessee to be with his love, Julia. Joe is slow: unable to focus on anything long enough to understand it, but he is good-natured and adorable. Through the description of his activities, readers sense that he falls somewhere on the PDD spectrum. Alvin does come back, but then disappears again, and Julia appears. She ge...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A darkly funny story about a sweet guy who gets caught up in the dysfunction of a wealthy family, the complications of first love, and the repercussions of his brother’s recklessness. Joe is an appealing narrator with a unique voice. Raised solely by his two brothers, Joe is kind-hearted but easily led, and lacks motivation. (Also he likely has an untreated attention disorder.) In a statement that perfectly captures his sense of wonderment and abiding s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More