Twelve year old Frankie Joe Huckaby has to leave his trailer park home and his friends in Laredo, Texas because his mom is in jail. His father (who never married his mother) comes to take him to his home in Plainview, Illinois. Frank Huckaby has a wife and four sons - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and little Johnny. Frankie Joe only attended 82 days of school last year so he is a little behind. Frankie makes plans to leave Plainview and return to Laredo - on his bike. Meanwhile he establishes a delivery service - pizza, cosmetics, prescriptions - and becomes an integral part of the town, the school, and his family. Frankie is an admirable role model for all dealing with the difficulty of being the odd man out.
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2014-15
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