8th+Lydia+E

Brian

-lived with his mom OR dad -lived in New York -had money -knew how to read -parents barely divorced

Compare

-both lived in the woods part of their life -were the same boys -both got famous in some part of their life

Gary

-always made bad grades, barely passing and a poor reader -parents were drunks -worked for money -street kid -nobody gave him anything, only the librarian gave him a card with his name on it -no friends (shy) -ran of a lot (no foster homes) -joined the army -lived in Minnesota