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Gr 7-Up Sophomore Lucius Wolfe lost both hands in an explosion of his own making, and now he is left to pick up the pieceswith steel hooks. The story is told in alternating chapters by Lucius (Crazy) and Aurora (Beautiful). Baratz-Logsted does a deft job of weaving the perspectives together to show events from both points of view. Lucius chooses a bus seat so as to be left alone and is immediately called "crip"; Aurora gets on the same bus, smiles a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Aurora Belle and Lucius Wolfe are both new in school. Pretty Aurora quickly becomes popular; Lucius is an outcast, in part because he ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More