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Seventh grader Luke feels betrayed by his older brother, who enlisted in the Marines and will soon leave for boot camp. Things seem even worse when Luke is forced to join his school's robotics club, but a new friendship with an intimidating classmate, also from a military family, helps Luke accept his brother's decision. Oddball characters balance the family drama for a satisfying story.