A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is ever related to real life spurs Ditto to chronicle his amazing life-changing adventures during spring break, but he leaves it up to his friend to decide if it is true, or just a story. Reprint.

Author Biography

Aidan Chambers is the author of the highly acclaimed Dance Sequence of young-adult novels: Breaktime, Dance on My Grave, Now I Know, The Toll Bridge, Postcards from No Man's Land, and This Is All. Aidan won the Michael L. Printz Award and the Carnegie Medal for Postcards from No Man's Land. He was also awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, children's literature's highest honor, for his body of work. He's only the second British writer to win it. He lives in the west of England with his American wife, Nancy. Visit his Web site at www.aidanchambers.co.uk.