Smiles to Go

Smiles to Go is a 2008 young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli.

Plot summary

Will Tuppence is an average kid who is a science nerd who has his world thrown into disarray when he learns scientists have recorded the first instance of a proton decay and then witnesses his friends Mi-Su and BT kissing. For the longest time after he sees Mi-Su and BT kiss, he has been thinking only about her. He becomes a person he never thought that he could be. But then, Mi-Su rejects Will to the freshman dance because a boy named Danny already asked her to it. He goes to the yearly chess tournament, and his whole life and mind changes after he is forced to forfeit the tournament because his sister was in the ICU because she skateboarded down Dead Man's hill and crashed. He finds out his annoying sister was a person he never thought that she could be. With the annoying assistance of his kid sister, Tabby, Will struggles through the travails of growing up in an uncertain world.

Characters

Will Tuppence, narrator,

Tabitha Tuppence, Will's sister,

Mi-Su Kelly, Will's best friend,

Anthony Bontempo (BT), Will's other best friend

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