![]() ![]() Period details from the ’70s and hilarious dialogue will draw readers in from the very first pages. For Armstrong, Charlie, and their classmates, this memorable school year is a time of discovery and disappointment, fistfights, and first kisses. The boys find that their many differences can be bridged and that friendship is possible, if not easy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Armstrong lives with his parents and a house full of older sisters. Charlie lives with his parents, who are grieving the death of Charlie’s older brother. Charlie, one of Wonderland’s white students, has earned the nickname “Rules Boy” and is curious about the tough-talking Armstrong. Armstrong, a witty and sharp-witted black boy, plays fast and loose with the rules at his new school, where not everyone is welcoming. “Opportunity Busing” brings Armstrong and nine other middle schoolers from South Central LA to integrate the previously all-white Wonderland Avenue School in the Hollywood Hills. Two sixth-grade boys from different worlds are brought together by school desegregation in 1970s Los Angeles. ![]()
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