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Summary of the book: June is a geek. A geek who is in love withe her uncle and obsessed with the middelages. She has no friends apart from said uncle and her sister is allways mean to her. Atleast thats what she thinks. There is however a slight problem, her uncle has aids and dies in chapter 2(or 3 somwere around that point). This means that june is compleatley alone and that she doesnt have any friends at all. To her rescue comes Her Uncle's secret boyfriend who is dealing with a simmilar situation. Together they set out on a life changing jurney and june changes alot as she leaves he childish thoughts behind and feelings behind to acend to matureity. Along the way she encounters new friend and learns more of the story her parrent have kept from her all these years.

June's fathers diary(dont know his name) (insert date written in the retarded MM/DD/YYYY format here)
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June and Greta have had a hard time during the latest tax season and I wasn't there to help them. I should have realised that Finns death would be too much for them to handle alongside mine and Danny's abcens. The road may have been a bit rocky but we made it through. After we got the portrait back from the man who came to examine it we sat down so that everybody could lighten their hearts. It's insane how much you dont know about your kids, I thought I had full controll and that I would be able to see if something wasn't right. But boy was i

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