Thanks to Edelweiss Plus and Viking Books for Young Readers for providing a digital copy of this book in return for my honest review. Aaron's parents own a bookstore, Bluebird Books. An "asteroid" struck and Aaron's mother quickly left town. Ownership of the store has been transferred to Aaron, and he chooses to run the store with his father, Ira. As a child, Aaron loved to read, but he can't stand any more books after the asteroid. For Aaron, Bluebird Books has long failed. Shelves and books are crumbling and customers are virtually non-existent. When it finds overdue credit card statements, IRS deposit notices, and less than stellar bank statements, it's settled. Aaron is going to sell the store. He makes a deal with local town Penny and delays informing his father of the sale for as long as he can. We learn that the asteroid that causes so much trouble in Aaron's life is the death of his brother, Sandy. Sandy was a drug addict who wouldn't take help from anyone. One of Sandy's friends, Chad, sees Aaron in town and tries to strike up a friendship. Chad is in a wheelchair, and the entrance to Bluebird Books consists of stairs only. Three men (Ike, Richie and Garry) see Chad and Aaron trying to make a ramp to the rotten plywood store. They bring back better quality wood and install a ramp for free. The men keep coming back to the store, and their good deeds equate to a complete makeover. Chad even proposes to create a database system for digital inventory and online book sales. Ira wants so badly to give the bookstore a second chance and agrees to pay the men in coffee. Aaron, however, is convinced it is a false deal. Are these men in it for tricks? We also have the story of Hannah. Chad doesn't have a lot of friends, so he asks Aaron to a Beethoven's Anvil show. There he meets singer Hannah Crew and feels an instant attraction to her. The chronicles of Aaron and Chad are super fun and include sneaking across the Canadian border without a passport to attend one of Hannah's shows. I absolutely LOVED this story and the rowdy, hilarious characters in it. It really made me wish we had a family-owned bookstore in town. I will be adding Gayle Forman to my auto-buy authors list!