COMMON GROUND (NAOMI ISHIGURO)

Did you ever have a friend who made you see the world differently? Stan did, and his name was Charlie. Fearless, clever, older, Charlie was everything Stan wanted to be. Charlie taught Stan -bullied and adrift after his father's death - to stand on his own two feet. But could their friendship endure in a world that offered these two boys such different prospects? When they meet again as adults, the tables have turned. Will Stan be there for the man who once showed him the meaning of loyalty?