The Story of Me — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Who is Me? Five-year-old Sam is Me, that's who. He likes flowers and he likes to sit under a shady tree in the summertime. Max the Bear is Sam's best buddy. Except when his best friend Emilio comes to visit. Max doesn't like that. Sam also has a dog named Coffee because she looks like coffee and cream. Sam's dad likes coffee with cream. Yuck! says Sam. Yuck! says Max. Sam and Max like to read books together. Max spells better than Sam. How can that be? And is it true that Max is a poet? Well, Sam's mother doesn't get along with Max, poet or no poet. And she makes wonderful tacos. Sam can eat two, but his father can eat up to five! And did I tell you that Sam and Coffee, along with Max, want to jump over the moon. Why should cows have all the fun?