![]() ![]() The tweens meet under unfortunate circumstances on Amy’s first day of school: before Amy even enters the building, Miles’s lucky bowling shoe gets tossed in the air and clonks her on the head. He misses his grandmother, who died a year ago, and is worried about his ailing grandfather. ![]() Meanwhile, Miles Spagoski, whose family owns Buckington Bowl, the local bowling alley, is also feeling sorrow, as well as anxiety. Still grieving over her mother’s recent death, Amy Silverman is not happy about moving from Chicago to Buckington (“Borington”), Pa., to live with her uncle above his funeral home. This clever story about friendship, loss, and bowling shoes by Gephart (Lily and Dunkin) traces how two miserable middle schoolers strike up an unexpected friendship. ![]()
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