Jake likes thinking, talking, football and encyclopedias. And fish. But hes
not so sure about everything else especially girls, or little sisters, or
stepdads. And most of all, hes not sure if he really likes himself.

Then Jake meets a girl called Stella and old Mrs Kennedy next door, and he
begins to find that he likes a lot more things than he thought. After all, as
Mrs Kennedy says: Life isnt a bowl of cherries, but a bowl of cherries is
still a bowl of cherries.

But it takes a tragedy to force Jake to look at himself and see that, really,
he isnt so bad after all. This text refers to the Paperback edition.