But Doug's defenses are crumbling, and the secret he's been keeping about Andy is oozing through the cracks. Hautman does a superb job of crafting the odd sanctuary that is Doug's mind.

In an almost robotic voice that still manages to be intensely insightful, Doug takes readers to his school, where he is mocked and eventually beaten, and to his neighborhood, where he turns into a Peeping Tom, watching school star Melanie Haver undress. But the boys live next door to each other and talk from their bedroom windows at night. Andy is popular, a football player and actor. Doug, a self-proclaimed nerd, is primarily interested in building a matchstick replica of the Golden Gate Bridge for his model railway town. It's hard to tell if Hautman meant this to be a mystery, but it's clear from the start that there's something not right about the relationship between narrator Doug Hanson and his best friend, Andy Morrow. But the more you read about Andy and Doug, you realize that something about their friendship is not quite right. At home they live right next door and even talk to each other through their bedroom windows.

As best friends, these two are not a combination you would expect. At school, he's a popular football player and actor. Doug's best friend Andy, on the other hand, is totally different. He's even building a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge with matchsticks. He's harassed at school and spends most of his time working on his elaborate model railroad. Besides being different, there is something about their friendship that doesn't seem quite right.ĭoug Hanson is considered a bit of a freak. ISBN : 0689868006 / 0786279095 (Library Binding)Īndy, a star athlete, and Dougie, an outcast, are unlikely best friends. Publishing Information : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers : New York, 2005

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