The story begins of while they are playing their initially baseball game of the
season against the Crazy Horse Electrics. They decide to put beer inside the
opposition teams water wine bottles as a bogus, so that they can win. Next
Willie chooses to go angling with his daddy. They have profound conversations, and
they start off talking about how come Willies mom does not seafood like she used as well. Then
they get into speaking about Missy, Willies little sister who passed away of SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
(Sudden Baby Death Syndrome). After that the book cuts into another baseball
video game, they are playing against the Crazy Horse Electrics. Sal, a large guy for the
Crazy Horses, and Ashton get into a verbal argument, and then Johnny says
some thing personal about him and this individual wound up and decked Ashton one. They break
up and continue the game. Once Willie was about to message he looses his
balance and Gracia hits an excellent pitch. Then out of pure good luck and expertise, Willie
stretches himself out and robs Sal of any sure triple. Willie becomes a minor
star. On their approach home at school Jenny and Willie hook up. Then around the
weekend, Jenny, Johnny, Willie and his family decide to navigate to the lake. Willie
and Jenny set the table for a picnic when Johnny is going skiing. Willies mom
gripes about him never being safe enough. Following it is Willies turn to
water-ski. As Willie was doing a 360? change, he trapped the tips of his skis
under the water and he crashed. Willies dad is at shock, Jenny had to give
Willie mouth to oral cavity, and save his lifestyle. The still left the boat, found myself in the
automobile, and went to the medical center. Willie ultimately ends up with a presentation impediment, and
problems strolling. He eventually ends up doing crazy things, just like acid, and drinking. He
talks to a counselor which he seriously likes. Willie does not want to go into a
Exceptional Ed class that the college is referring him to. He seems hopeless, and
even jealous of his girlfriend for her athletics. He tries to enjoy racquetball
yet his dad gets irritated with him. That night this individual hears his parents arguing
over him. He hears his father say that he thinks it will have been easier if
Willie had perished in the incident. From there he suspects Jenny and Petey of
getting together, and finds out that they can be. Willie freaks out on Petey when
he trips of Willies cane, and then Petey unintentionally turns all of the
focus over to Willie. Willie chooses that night that he is going to run
away. He goes to the bank, and tells the teller that he is likely to buy a VCR
then simply he goes to the bus depot. This individual starts off for the bus without regret, without
guilt. This individual arrives in Oakland, and has to take a coach transfer following that to acquire
to the shuttle bus that will take him to San Francisco. In the way for the bus this individual meets a
gang known as the Jo Boys. That they try to have his money, but when the bus came he
jumped right on this to get away. They will get on the bus too. He talks to the bus
driver, and the bus driver says that he will make an effort to stall the gang, but thats
regarding all he can do. And so he tries to run away as fast as he can along with his
handicap, and they catch up, overcome him up, and consider all four 100 dollars by
Willie. Willie passes out. When he wakes, there is the shuttle bus driver. This individual helps
him up, in that case takes him to a restaurant where he agrees to let Willie stay the
night, and ONLY the night. Willie ends up being for good, under the agreement
that he will tidy up, and stay out of Laceys (The bus driver) way. Willie
finds out when ever Lacey says Human Associations Management, that he is a pimp. The
next day Lacey and Willie go to glance at the school. Willie goes in when Lacy
remains in the car. This can be a private university, and the owner, Andr?, provides free
tuition as long as Willie will help preserve it clean. Andr? explains the
school is for people who have virtually any handicaps, physical disabilities, or things
that cause them to include learning challenges. So Willie accepts and is getting a
tour, when a tall gangly jaunatre kid, named Jack pops up and starts repeating
time and time again, This school is a chicken-*censored* rip-off.
Finally Andr? calms him straight down, and they complete the head to. After a couple of days
Willie begins to actually try to be typical again. Though he is gradual, Jack asked
him to try out a game of basketball. They will went to a great abandoned courtroom, and began a
game. This was the moment Jack did start to call himself the Telephone Man.
People commence to watch the sport, and Willie starts to receive nervous. Finally the
game ends, and Willie adopts the office while using Phys Male impotence teacher, Mack. She
asks him in the event he wishes some assist with getting control back. He says that this individual
doesnt have any money, yet he finds out she is doing it for a school paper.
So they begin with learning how to get his centre. Willie remains in Laceys
apartment and practices dancing to some terrible music. He is learning how to
place one foot in front of the other with making use of the same amount of pressure
in both sides. Abruptly Lacey comes back home with a girl from Willies school
Angel. Lacey is extremely drunk, and has the young lady around the waste. Willie
got this sorted out. She was obviously a whore. Willie goes to poor, and then wakes up to
screaming. He runs into Laceys space to find him beating Angel. He will take his
walking cane, and pounds it around Lacey till Lacey is usually flat out frosty. Then Viewpoint runs
and calls the ambulance, and gets upset at Willie. She explains to Willie that whenever
Lacey wakes up he is likely to kill Willie. So the next day Willie visits the
medical center. Andr? acquired offered to get Willie in which to stay the basements of the college if
he needed also a little while ago. Willie went in there, and he found Lacey. By
first Lacey was pissed off, nevertheless Willie said that he would push, Lacey asked
him to settle. Later on Willie was rehearsing basketball again. He was executing it a
lot. Andr? noticed him and said that he was starting to look like a player. Willie
rebounds the compliment to Lisa, because she was your one who was helping him so
much. Andr? asked him how come he will not hang around with the kids. Willie replied
that he doesnt do drugs. Andr? gets a little irritated and says that that is not
the only way to get into the school. That they play a little more, and Willie says
that he will make an effort to make friends. Later on that night, after Willie finished
polishing Laceys car, Willie gets a phone call. It can be Laceys ex-wife, and she
told him to tell Lacey that his son continues to be rotting apart. Will chooses to relay
the meaning just to your ex wife referred to as. Willie acquired never pried into
Laceys personal lifestyle, but when Lacey came residence, he browse the message. Then
Willie and Lacey get into his car, and drive down to an old facility. After they
look in that they see Laceys son, looking into sightless air, ruined permanently. Lacey
had mistreated him when he was young. Lacey informed Willie that Then Willie asks in the event that
that was the reason that Lacey had taken him in was to replace what happened to
his kid. The next day by school, Lisa told Willie to ask Lacey for a 100 and
forty dollars, for a particular course. She said to notify Lacey that every the
students were taking it, and Willie was getting a deal. So Lacey gave him the
cash, and the subsequent morning Lisa picked up Willie, and they visited a health club to
lift weights, then Willie got introduced to Sammy, who had been Lisas
partner. He trained Willie tips on how to protect him self, and to employ his
set-backs as an edge. Later on, Willie saw Angel, and this individual asked
her if the girl was still employed by Lacey. The girl said that the girl still was. He told her
that he had talked to Lacey, and he stated he would promise to tell her that she
could proceed. He had informed her, but the lady didnt need to give it up. It was the only
way that she could get money, and she was raped once she was younger.
Through the weekends, Willie and lots of people would go to the school and resolve
it up. Eventually, Willie went into the school, and located spray coated all
over Jo Boys. He cleansed it up, and left. Then the next early morning he found it
once again, and left it intended for Andr? to look for. Hawk received really irritated about this, and was
gonna beat the Jo Boys up. Then Willie went to the washroom to look for Jack in
there, sick to his stomach from eating Bisquick and strawberry-scented shampoo.
He told him to wait there while he grabbed him some garments from the lost and
located, and then directed him to run home and get improved. Willie went back to school
and then when he heard, fight. Hawk leaped up and found Jack for the
floor as well as the lead Jo Boy, Kam, against the wall structure. So Hawk beat him up. After that Hawk
persuaded Willie in letting them enter the school, as Willie acquired the
tips, and wait for an Jo Boys to arrive, and they will catch them in the action
and overcome them up. So that night Willie went, and they by no means showed up. The Jo
Young boys came make the school burning down. Willie beat up Kam at nighttime with his
walking cane, and then went back and got him before this individual burned in the fire. Kam got sent
to a Child Delinquent Center. Willie was a hero. Then a book cuts to
graduating. Willie thank you all the people who helped him along the way, and the
next day he heads home. When he gets there, his parents are single, his daddy is
a drunk. His mom features remarried to a guy named Don. His dad will not want anything
to do with him. Jenny is still angry for him mainly because everyone thought that he was
useless, and she felt guilty. He functions things away with his family, and then visits
see his old home. When he gets there this individual sees a little baby, in his room. This individual
sticks his finger out for her to grab and the girl does. He begins to weep. The mom
says that her name is Melinda. He says, Thank-you, shes gorgeous
turns around, leaves and head back to southern Oakland.