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Lucky's grandpa was taken as a POW after he was drafted into the Vietnam War and was never found.
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Nader McMillan peed on Lucky's shoes in a public restroom when they were seven and the bullying continuously gets worse.
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Lucky had been having dreams about saving his grandpa ever since his grandmother had passed away and told him that he needed to find him and bring him back.
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Lucky begins to see imaginary ants that often lead him to do things and talked to him. They were always doing small things that effected him.
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Lucky is assigned a project in social studies to do a survey, chart, and presentation. He picks a topic that gets him in trouble and starts getting questioned.
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Lucky's mom decides to take a trip to Arizona to Aunt Jodi's after Nader beat Lucky up at the pool again and left a huge scar on his cheek.
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Uncle Dave acts more like a father figure to Lucky then his own dad. His own dad always walks out and when he is home he will only talk about food and nothing real.
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Lucky meets Ginny a seventeen year old girl with long hair that her parents use to make money as a model.
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Lucky has his first kiss with Ginny after never really being to optimistic with girls
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Ginny goes straight to Lucky when her mother beat her up after she shaved off her hair.
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All throughout the trip Lucky and his mother grow closer
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Lucky and his mother return to Pennsylvania with a closer family than when they left.
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Lucky finally stands up to Nader for once after some advice and physical conditioning from his Uncle Dave. He threatens to call the police if he ever lays a hand on him again.
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In one of Lucky's last dreams about his grandfather he finds closure and buries him.
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Before Lucky's granddad dies he gives him a wedding ring for his wife and when he wakes up the next morning the ring is in his hand.