<b>¿Sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit...the touching ''barbaric yawp'' (Whitman''s phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.¿ Washington Post</b>Housebound by illness, Caroline hasn¿t been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only social media for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in ¿ uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman¿s poetry and a school project due the next day¿Caroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pair¿s hopes and dreams - as well as a deep and mysterious bond that connects them even further.Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2014. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Julie Felise Dubiner.