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Thirteen-year-old John "Houdini" Smith tries to write a book about what is happening in his life, from his parents' worries about money and his brother in Iraq, to his new understandings of people while he and his friends rake lawns in their East Side Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood.
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Trudy Mixer struggles to find her place in an ever-changing world during the summer of 1966. With the Vietnam War raging, Trudy prepares to make the transition from junior high to high school. The Beatles Fan Club she runs at her school has dwindled from twenty-three members to just three. Frustrated by the shift of so many things in her life, Trudy is determined to do something to turn things around. Together with the remaining club members, Trudy...