Friday the 13th

13 is an unlucky number. Here is a cool episode from old time radio about Friday the 13th on the show The Origin of Superstitions. Reading 13 you really do start to believe that 13 is a seriously unlucky number and age, for Evan. Evan's parents have just split up and Evan's mom has decided that she and Evan are moving from the heart of NYC to the Heartland. This is quite the change for Evan, used to being a city kid and doing city kid things. Now he is the only kid in town not used to running in gym thinking that football is a big deal. He's also the only Jewish kid around and his upcoming bar mitzvah will be held in the basement of the United Methodist Church.
A quick and good for a laugh. Evan is a very likeable dude and you really, really root for him. The book is also a musical! See Jason Robert Brown is a pretty big deal Broadway songwriter. I totally would see this musical! It kinda reminds me in a way of Falsettos.