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whispering spelling words； sniffing watermelon； and wondering if I was ever going to get my
kiss。
Buddy； Beware！
Seventh grade brought changes； all right； but the biggest one didn't happen at school — it
happened at home。 Granddad Duncan came to live with
us。
At first it was kind of weird because none of us really knew him。 Except for Mom； of course。
And even though she's spent the past year and a half
trying to convince us he's a great guy； from what I can tell； the thing he likes to do best is
stare out the front…room window。 There's not much to see
out there except the Bakers' front yard； but you can find him there day or night； sitting in the
big easy chair they moved in with him； staring out the
window。
Okay； so he also reads Tom Clancy novels and the newspapers and does crossword puzzles
and tracks his stocks； but those things are all
distractions。 Given no one to justify it to； the man would stare out the window until he fell
asleep。 Not that there's anything wrong with that。 It just
seems so … boring。
Mom says he stares like that because he misses Grandma； but that's not something
Granddad had ever discussed with me。 As a matter of fact；
he never discussed much of anything with me until a few months ago when he read about
Juli in the newspaper。
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Now； Juli Baker did not wind up on the fro