A New Winter Skin (Large Print)

Chip Berryhill may not be the smartest boy in the fifth grade, but he's no dummy when it comes to romance.No, no, no ... scratch that.Chip Berryhill might actually be the smartest boy in the fifth grade, but he is a raging idiot when it comes to romance - or anything else that demands social interaction. Somehow he has become an easy target for bullies, jokesters, cruel bus drivers - and one very sadistic principal.It seems that everyone is out to get Chip Berryhill ... everyone, that is, except Angela Freeley - the girl of his dreams and the one person he wishes was out to get him. Caught between lust and paranoia, Chip can't understand why life is suddenly so difficult. The harder he tries to make sense of his mad world, the closer he gets to the dark edges of insanity. Or adolescence. Same difference. There is, however, something broken in Chip Berryhill but it has nothing to do with schoolyard bullies, dysfunctional friendships or beautiful girls. It is something that has more influence on Chip's young life than he is willing - or able - to admit. And there is only one person in the world Chip can trust to help him fix it.