Review: Engaging and touching tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
When I purchased this book, it was just part two.  Curious readers should be aware that you can (at this time) get part one of the story for free and then decide if you want to buy part two -- once you've started the story, you'll probably want to finish it.  It'sThe Wrong Side of the Tracks - Book 1.This is the continuation of the story of Stephen and his friend Ben.  If someone asked me what this story was about, I'd say it was about determining what it means to be a man when your role models are terrible or absent.  And then I'd cringe because it sounds like such a cliched description -- but then I'd just have to live with it, because it really is a great description of the story and Wells writes in such an engaging and sensitive way that it never once feels like a cliche.This is a story that is perfectly appropriate for young teenagers, but it never feels whitewashed to be appropriate.  It simply presents how people actually live and it's got the perfect mixture of humor, thoughtfulness, and plot.I haven't yet been disappointed by anything that Wells writes and this story is no exception.