Small+Steps+Synopsis

Chapters 1-10

In the beginning of the book, Armpit is digging a trench in the mayor's yard. He decides to make five things to accomplish. When X-Ray comes along with a money making plan, Armpit buys into it. On the other hand, Kaira DeLeon is traveling around the country on her tour. While she was traveling, she left her pillow in the hotel and Aileen went back to find it personally. The next day Armpit and X-Ray go to get the Kaira DeLeon tickets. After school, Armpit and X-Ray went to get the tickets. While they were standing in line, Armpit was studying for his test when they met a man named Felix. Felix was a fast talking skinny white guy. After they bought the tickets, Felix tried to buy them for $75. When Armpit got home after school, he and his neighbor, Ginny, went for their daily walk. He told her about the election in his economics class and asked her if he could borrow a stuffed animal. She gave him an bunny-person named Coo who has leukemia. The concert was just eight days away! X-ray had received a call with an offer to buy tickets. He and Ginny were excited and waited out front until X-Ray came with the ticket sales. X-Ray told them he didn't sell them yet and had to meet their first customer at H.E.B.. At the end of the day, they went to sell the tickets. Since the people who wanted to buy the tickets were late, X-Ray drove off. Today was the day he had to do his ruler of the world speech with Coo. He talked all about how Ginny has cerebral palsy and how Coo helps her. After his speech Tatianna, a girl Armpit really likes, came over and started talking to him until X-Ray came along. He handed Armpit lots of money and that's when Tatianna started to walk away. Kaira on the other hand was riding in her band's van. Her mother would never approve of this but she didn't tell her. They were playing cards and listening to rock- n- roll. They started telling her about how Aileen wasn't just her mom's friend she was also El Genius's. Kaira didn't know what to think. When they reached the hotel, Aileen handed her a room key to her hotel room. She always registered Kaira under a different name so people didn't know who was staying there. Kaira always tried to guess who she was. She hasn't missed one yet.

Chapters 11-17 X-ray and Armpit sell two tickets to a guy named Murdock that works at a BBQ place called The Smokestack Lightin'. Later, Armpit asks Tatiana to go to the Kaira DeLeon concert with him. She says yes. Then, Tatiana is talking with her friends Claire and Roxanne. They try to convince her not to go to the concert with Armpit because he is "dangerous".Armpit goes to work the next day, but when he comes home is surprised to find Ginny crying on the ground. She is sad about her dad leaving because her mom said it was because of her disability. Tatiana calls him to say that she is not going to the concert. Armpit, feeling sorry for Ginny, asks her to go with him. Later, at the concert, Armpit is accused of having counterfeit tickets. During that time, Ginny starts having a seizure, so the cops handcuff him because they think that she is on drugs. Luckily, the mayor, is there, and she helps to prove that they are innocent. Ginny is escorted backstage for her seizure. Kaira DeLeon comes backstage and asks if she is okay, and offers them backstage passes. Kaira has a great concert, except for her last song, Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin. Because of that song, Cotton is fired.

Chapters 18-28 X-ray sold tikites to a man that wanted them for his kids birthaday party. He sold the for $300 apice. They only made $298 apice because X-ray made $4 copys of the tikites and gave them to armpit.Kaira DeLeon invites armpit to go breakfest with her at the Four seans hotel. All items on the menu cost over twenty dollors. they pretend to go out on the paito but relly run away. they then start to kiss but her body garud stops them.a detective then comes to armpits house and he makes up a story that he baught them from hailb. the next day he fails a test in econ. he then gets a call from Kaira DeLeon. then he gets a letter c from her he reads it and then she calls telling his not to read it. he then has to go to the police sation with the dective, where thay inter view X-ray.he then get invited to sanfransisco by Kaira DeLeon. Felix then comes to his house saying that the mayor said "stop counter fit tikits" Feilx say that he lost $2000 in tikit sales and wants the letter. he then makes mous start hitting him.