I love, Love this book. I can't tell you why, I can only say I do.
Finny and Gene are almost polar opposites, that's why they need each other. Only is seems that Finny is in Gene's life for one purpose only, to help him live life to the fullest. Finny or Phineas is a carefree boy of 16 who loves life and knows how to enjoy it. The epitome of what youth is Finny is the favorite of all the teachers at Devon School for Boys and is the natural leader of the boys in his grade. Finny is an emblem of what life should be like. But at the end of the first Summer Session at Devon School, there is an accident and Finny gets hurt.
In his absence Gene begins to realize how much he depended on Finny as a friend and roommate. Finny is everything that Gene hoped to be. So the fact that Gene was right next to him on a branch high in a tree above a river when the accident happens haunts Gene.
This story is one of a boy finding who he truly is, discovering true friendship and forgiveness.
I read this book in high school and I will defintely have my students read it.
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