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Longtime friends Lucy and Jake have always been an unusual pair, since she is 5'10" and he is a dwarf, so Lucy knows junior high will be a challenge. Set in suburban Delaware in 1977, Lucy's lively first-person narration tells a gently meandering story (which includes the "Great Dwarfland Adventure") about how friendships and families change and adapt.