8220Sharp and funny Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit the touching barbaric yawp (Whitmans phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids 8221 Washington PostHousebound by illness, Caroline hasnt been to school in months Confined to her room, she has only social media for company That is until classmate Anthony bursts in 8211 uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitmans poetry and a school project due the next day8230Caroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pairs 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