Loved itI love those books so much I mean if you know me I taught I meanthese are books I tell people all the time you've got to read these books
The Order of the Poison Oak (2005)
Others: Positive After "coming out" at school, sixteen-year-old Russel decides to take a counselor job at a camp for burn victims to get away from the antagonism of his classmates, but finds ten-year-old boys have just as many problems as he does.
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