Books with author Gene Stuart

Henry thinks he is the King of Dweebs. He wants to escape. He wants to be?Well maybe that's the problem he doesn't know what else to be or how to get there. A hornless unicorn takes him to a land called Altara. In Altara, Henry will meet his identical other, discover he is the real heir to rule Altara and try not to get killed. He also finds a fire in his gut. He finds out what it is to be alive. His greatest challenge is to sustain that fire in middle school where he feels he is suffocating. Where he will play coach in two chess matches, go to his first dance, have his first middle school romance (and break up) and face the impossible challenge of climbing the rope hanging from the gym ceiling. Stuart weaves together the two worlds and the life of Henry and his identical other into 12 days of very realistic living. By the end Henry knows who he is. He knows what it means to be Henry on Fire living in suburbia.

Henry thinks he is the King of Dweebs. He wants to escape. He wants to be?Well maybe that's the problem he doesn't know what else to be or how to get there. A hornless unicorn takes him to a land called Altara. In Altara, Henry will meet his identical other, discover he is the real heir to rule Altara and try not to get killed. He also finds a fire in his gut. He finds out what it is to be alive. His greatest challenge is to sustain that fire in middle school where he feels he is suffocating. Where he will play coach in two chess matches, go to his first dance, have his first middle school romance (and break up) and face the impossible challenge of climbing the rope hanging from the gym ceiling. Stuart weaves together the two worlds and the life of Henry and his identical other into 12 days of very realistic living. By the end Henry knows who he is. He knows what it means to be Henry on Fire living in suburbia.

This is a story about 7th grade Henry and his boring Halloween Night. Henry made up the word Suborediom as a combination of suburbia and boredom. This story is as boring as most of Henry's life but every so often something good happens. You can read more about Henry's life in middle school and his adventures in the alternative reality of Altara in the novel Henry on Fire by Stuart.

Anree arrives unannounced and unexpected at Henry’s school in suburbia because Henry needs his help. Unfortunately Anree can’t keep from causing problems for Henry, beginning with a school detention he gets within minutes of arriving, but maybe he makes up for that by getting Henry a date with Jania for the school dance on Friday. Anree hides in the boy’s restroom during the next to the last class period and over hears a plot to prank Henry’s friend Fred, but doesn’t know how to stop it. Fred is pranked and walks home from school in a dress. However Fred refuses to name the bullies who pranked him and the boys have to decide how to achieve justice for Fred. Anree thinks the answer is for all the guys to wear dresses to school on Friday. Henry repeatedly says no. On the first day Henry wonders if he will survive Anree’s help, but in the end he won’t survive a life threatening accident without him.