Finalist for the National Book Award When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire.
Marcus, is s.
And his teacher, Ms.
She\'s already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick.
His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him.
And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because "not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain\'t babies." But Lonnie hasn\'t given up.
Now he\'s eleven, and he still misses them terribly.
Finalist for the National Book Award When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire