Mercy on these teenage chimps
by Gary Soto
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At age thirteen, best friends Ronnie and Joey suddenly feel like chimps--long armed, big eared, and gangly--and when the coach humiliates Joey in front of a girl, he climbs up a tree and refuses to come down.
Teenage boysPubertyJuvenile fictionFictionComing of ageBest friendsFriendshipChildren's fictionFriendship, fiction