His homelessness and airplane business seem contrived to just move the plot forward. This part of the story was more authentic for me than the Reggie part.
When they end up in a car one night and Ari's grades have been slipping she slowly begins to question if their choices have been the best or if her brother is just being stubborn. The complication of Ari hiding her homelessness notched up the tension and kept me flipping the pages.Īri and her brother hop from one friend's home to another sleeping anywhere. Ari has ratty shoes and greasy hair at times that makes her a target for bullying. The author does a good job capturing middle school and how peers ostracize each other for clothes, hygiene, and looks. Ari is the star of the show and she shines as she tries to decide between living with her brother on the streets or being with Janna with a roof and stability. While Ari is a well fleshed out character the relationships between Janna and Gage are somewhat fuzzy making Gage's decisions questionable and out-of-character at times. It makes the book appropriate for younger readers and deals with friendships and stigma that comes from being different. The character arc and development carry a messy plot along in an engaging story that presents homelessness in a tamed down if somewhat inauthentic way. He says he has an apartment but when it is obvious he doesn't, Ari still follows him as they live homeless for six weeks while he tries to find a job. Ari, loyal to family, follows Gage as he strikes out on his own. The two have lived together since Ari and Gage's mom passed away, but the two fight incessantly. Janna is her guardian and argues with Gage. Eleven-year-old Ari moves out of Janna's house with her 19-year-old brother, Gage, who says he has a job and apartment.
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