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The way to stay in Destiny

by Augusta Scattergood

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Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.

Mystery fictionUnclesHotels and motelsJuvenile fictionBaseball storiesPianistsBoardinghousesMovingHousehold MovingBaseballFictionOrphans