Smith, A. (2014). 100 sideways miles. Simon & Schuster. Finn Easton is a junior in high school and suffers from epilepsy. When he was seven years old his mother and him were walking along a creek under a bridge when suddenly a horse fell from the bridge and landed on top of both of them. Finn's mother died and his back was broken. Finn's dad is a writer of the famous book The Lazarus and Finn feels he is a character from the book. He feels trapped inside the book. Finn meets a named Julia Bishop whom he falls in love with. Finn felt he had to leave his hometown in order to get out of the book and that's exactly what he did. He left with his best friend Cade to visit Julia in Chicago. On his way there Cade and Finn rescue an old man and his grandson who accidentally drove off a bridge. They become heroes and get an award from the governor. In the end Finn figures out that he isn't part of the book. One strength I found in this book was that Finn could always count on Cade his best friend. Cade was always there for him. To protect him no matter what. Other books like this one are When I was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds and Play me Backwards by Adam Selzer. What I learned when reading this book was that friendship is a strong bond. Finn only left comfortable to be himself around Cade. Since Finn had a lot characteristics of  one of the characters in his father's books he always thought he was trapped in the book. Cade although he would make jokes about it he was always there for him.