Ambrose is an odd kid. Because he has an anaphalactic reaction to peanuts, his mother is over protective. Afraid to loose him after the sudden death of his father, Ambrose’s mother won’t allow him to do anything without her. No hanging out with friends after school, no sports. Add to that the fact that they have moved every few years so that his mother can take another low paying sessional lecturer job, and it becomes easy to see why Ambrose has trouble relating to his peers.
Things get so bad that Ambrose is slipped a peanut by a school bully and nearly dies. His mother decides to pull him out of school and homeschool him. This means she has to shift her work hours to the evening, leaving Ambrose alone. At first, he enjoys his freedom, but he quickly becomes bored. Stumbling across a flyer for a Scrabble Club, Ambrose hatches a plan to get a ride from his landlord’s ex-convict son. Unbeknowst to Ambrose, this sets off a chain of events that will turn his world upside down, while at the same time allow him to stand on hsi own two feet for the first time.
Author Susin Nielsen has created a wonderful story about those people on the fringe of social groups, as well as allowing people the space to change. Brilliant, without being preachy. (show less)
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