Each scene is carefully constructed to evoke a set of emotions, often conflicting, such as the humor and frustration of a new bicycle.
MacCullough has a gift for using language with spectacularly evocative phrasing like "her voice is milk-white meek." Sadie's artist's eye makes for an incredibly observant and detailed narrative. It is "Fryn" Ryan, the weird boy with a loser reputation, however, to whom Sadie is drawn and whom insightful Ollie pegs as a potential friend. Befriended by sly Lila, Sadie dates a football hero, learns to drive despite her parents insistence that she wait to get her license, and engages in several rites of passage at a party. Torn between wanting to be her unique self and just fit in, Sadie sees a glimpse at normalcy in her new school. Her peers already think that she is crazy for talking to herself. It makes sense that Sadie's twin would linger after being killed in a car accident, but no one else can see him, and sharing her visions of him would only upset her parents. Beth GallawaySadie's brother Ollie is wise beyond his twelve tender years, keenly observing the world around Sadie as she negotiates the rocky shores of adolescence. The story deals with transitions and the change of friendships, family, and relationships. Sadie has conversations with Ollie, whose life-like image appears before her at various times and places. Sadie and her parents each try to cope with the loss and they each show different signs of its effects.
The impact of the one twin's death, which was four years ago, continues to take a heavy toll on the family members. Furthermore, she must face and understand her own fears and guilt in regard to Ollie's demise. Away from the group, Sadie's encounters with Ryan, the outcast, have her reflecting about friendships. Sadie is confronted with new friend relationships along with the group's parties involving beer and pot. She becomes friends with Lila, who shows her around the high school campus and the popular crowd. Moving from the west to the east coast, Sadie is trying to fit in at her new high school without her twin brother, Ollie, who died tragically when he was twelve years old.
Her twin brother, who died when they were twelve. And to further complicate matters, her twin brother, Ollie, keeps appearing to her, seeming to want something. Yet her first attempt at making friends in the new town backfires when she reaches out to the loner everyone calls Fryin' Ryan, the very last person who can help her achieve her dream. A gifted painter, Sadie comes from California to Connecticut determined to fit in at her new school.
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