Lost on a Carousel

Jimmy Grimes is born a skinny sickly kid who catches every virus that comes along. Erica Jutland, the girl next door, is one year older, and just the opposite in every way. He is plain; she is beautiful. He is held back and starts to school at seven; she starts at six and skips a grade. Both are intelligence, but he's held back by his frailty that dominates his life through middle school. Erica treats Jimmy as the weak boy he is and her personal pet, and later, uses him as a tool to learn a...