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** spoiler alert ** I can’t not give Gary Schmidt five stars, however, I was moments from breaking up with him forever. He about did me in when he killed off Holling Hood Hood a few years ago. Coming up on the end of this book, I felt one last crushing blow coming just like in the first of this series, ORBITING JUPITER. There was certainly a lot of tragedy in this book but it softened in the final moments. I know many do not like tidy ending and will fault this book for that, but boy did I need it. For those who adore Schmidt’s writing, for those who adored Joseph in the first book, for those who enjoy emotional attachments to fictional people, this book delivers. Also, Coach Switeck!