Invisible Lines by Mary Amato

Invisible Lines by Mary Amato

319 pages

Truman Nominee

Only good thing about literally being up all night with a sick baby? Having a good book to read to her. This one tore at my heart a little. Trevor is a boy with absolutely no money...his mom does the best she can, but he has no money for school supplies or food or soccer cleats. Which means his little brother and sister have nothing also. He is an artist, so he starts selling his graffiti art on shoes and backpacks for a dollar a pop to raise the money to get cleats at the second hand shop so he can become a soccer star and get his little brother any superhero backpack he could ever want. He lands in trouble every which way, and his mom is so bogged down, she jumps to conclusions and blames Trevor. But he keeps trying, and proves to everyone just what he is made of. You really feel for every character in this book. Amato does an amazing job!

(from back of book)

Trevor is just plain funny, and he's lucky he is. Because this year he needs a sense of humor. Moving to Hedley Gardens is hard enough. The move to a fancy new school is even harder-all the kids from "Deadly Gardens" seen to be in the same classes and keep to themselves, but somehow Trevor's ended up in an advanced science class with kids who seem to have everything, and know everything, including how to please their strange new teacher.

But Trevor has plans. This is going to be his year. And he is going to do whatever it takes to make it at this new school. He may not have what these other kids have, but no one is better at juggling in soccer, and his drawing is so good that he's called the Graffiti Guy.

Xander, a star in the classroom and on the soccer field, has other plans for Trevor. He doesn't like anyone trespassing on his turf and sabotages Trevor at every opportunity. Who is going to believe Trevor over the school star? Is there any way that Trevor can achieve his goals against a guy who is as good at bullying as he is at everything else he does?