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When 12-year-old Linc Crenshaw decides he wants to go to public school, his professor mom isnt so happy with the idea. Hes convinced it will be the ticket to a new social life. Instead, its a disaster when his mom shows up at their field trip to the local cemetery to lecture them on gravestones, and Linc sees her through his fellow-students eyes. Hes convinced his chances at a social life are over until a cemetery-related project makes him sought-after by fellow students hes not so sure he wants as friends, helps him make a new, genuine friend, and brings to light some information about his family that upends his world.Delia Ray has written a funny, heartfelt story about a lonely kid and his mother as they ultimately cope with the grief left behind from his dads death, and along the journey find new ways to connect with each other, and their community.