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The novel is divided into twelve chapters. Beginning with chapter 5, each chapter contains a stanza of Shawn’s father’s Pulitzer Prize winning poem. The stanzas help drive the plot line forward and provide the reader with further insight into the relationship between father and son and the father’s inability to cope with his son’s disability.