I read them in elementary... was thinking about reading them again recently, because I don't remember much about them. I just remember that I read them out of order on accident, and that they were the awesomest books ( and my first ever favorite books )
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"I'm gonna look up at all the cool kids Standing in their running shoes. I'm gonna walk away from all of that, all of that, all of them all."
I've heard the books are good (good reviews in Locus if I remember correctly), and have been keeping an eye out for them in secondhand bookstores (essentially the only place I buy books now: after all, 2 or 3 times as many books for the money...), but have not obtained them yet. Someday...