Ethan Explains the B&B Inn Summary

Ethan Potter rides the bus to Epiphany Middle School. He is always the first one on and the last one off. He chooses the last seat farthest from the driver and puts his backpack on the seat beside him to deter anyone else from sharing a seat with him. Ethan's family has been in Clarion County even longer than Epiphany has been a town. He tells the reader that there have been farmers and teachers in his family for as long as there have been tractors and blackboards, and there have always been strong women on his mother's side.

Ethan looked forward to sixth grade because his homeroom teacher, Mrs. Olinski, was new to the school. She would not have known Ethan's older brother, Lucas. Ethan describes Lucas as the perfect older brother...