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1. Kiss Estelle.
2. Get a job.
3. Cheer my mother up.
4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser.
5. Talk to my father when he calls.
6. Figure out how to be good.
Fourteen-year-old Dan Cereill (pronounced "surreal") is reeling from moving and changing schools when the family's fortune, such as it was, is completely gone. On top of that Dan's father has announced that he is gay leaving Dan to wonder if his father ever wanted to be a father.
Inheriting a house should be a godsend. And in some ways it i ...more
2. Get a job.
3. Cheer my mother up.
4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser.
5. Talk to my father when he calls.
6. Figure out how to be good.
Fourteen-year-old Dan Cereill (pronounced "surreal") is reeling from moving and changing schools when the family's fortune, such as it was, is completely gone. On top of that Dan's father has announced that he is gay leaving Dan to wonder if his father ever wanted to be a father.
Inheriting a house should be a godsend. And in some ways it i ...more
Dan and his mom have to move into a house they have kind of inherited from a great aunt after his dad comes out as gay.
The new/old house smells like cats, Dan's mom is trying to start a wedding cake business but keeps driving away customers with downer relationship advice, and Dan has to start at a new school, find a job to help out, and figure out how not to be a nerd.
And, he gets a crush on Estelle, the girl next door.
What could go wrong?
I loved all the characters, I loved the friendly neig ...more
The new/old house smells like cats, Dan's mom is trying to start a wedding cake business but keeps driving away customers with downer relationship advice, and Dan has to start at a new school, find a job to help out, and figure out how not to be a nerd.
And, he gets a crush on Estelle, the girl next door.
What could go wrong?
I loved all the characters, I loved the friendly neig ...more
it was a bit cute and fluffy, but lovely writing and likeable characters and howard forced me to give it 4. and would definitely be reading the next one.
Jan 10, 2023
Rachel Piper
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