History Literature / IfIFallIfIDie

* AngstySurvivingTwin: Diane's twin brother Charlie died in a grain elevator when they were twenty-four. Knowing how easily a loved one can be taken away meant that when she had Will, she was constantly envisioning horrible deaths for him, which may have been the origin of her anxiety.

* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Will's hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario is divided by the highway into Grandview Gardens, where Will lives, and County Park, where most of the Indians live. Will notes that the kids from Grandview Gardens are better dressed and have better school supplies, and that teachers tend to be warmer and more attentive to them than to the County Park kids.

* HouseFire: Jonah misses the first month or so of school because of a fire at his house, which he's falsely accused of starting.

Eleven-year-old Will Cardiel hasn't been outside since he was a toddler. He's spent most of his life in his house with his severely anxious, agoraphobic mother Diane, with each room named after a different city and decorated with Will's artwork. But one day, an odd banging sound draws him outside, where he meets a boy named Marcus. When Will reads about Marcus's disappearance in the paper, he wants to solve the mystery, so he asks Diane to let him enroll in public school. There he befriends an Indian boy named Jonah Turtle.

Eleven-year-old Will Cardiel hasn't been outside since he was a toddler. He's spent most of his life in his house with his severely anxious, agoraphobic mother Diane, with each room named after a different city and decorated with Will's artwork. But one day, an odd banging sound draws him outside. Realizing that there's nothing to fear outside the house, he starts attending public school, and makes a friend named Jonah Turtle. When local foster boy Marcus goes missing, Will and Jonah work to discover the truth.

* AngstySurvivingTwin: Diane's twin brother Charlie died in a grain elevator accident when they were twenty-four. Knowing how easily a loved one can be taken away meant that when she had Will, she was constantly envisioning horrible deaths for him, which may have been the origin of her anxiety.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Once a hockey player whipped Jonah's face with a birch switch. The next morning, Jonah's oldest brother showed up at the hockey player's house and asked his father for a written apology. When the man refused, Jonah's brother broke his cheekbones, as well as those of two neighbors, and then sat down to wait for the police. Bullies leave him alone because they're afraid of his brothers.

Eleven-year-old Will Cardiel hasn't been outside since he was a toddler. He's spent most of his life in his house with his severely anxious, agoraphobic mother Diane, with each room named after a different city and decorated with Will's artwork. But one day, an odd banging sound draws him outside, where he makes a friend named Jonah Turtle. When local boy Marcus goes missing, Will and Jonah work to discover the truth.

Eleven-year-old Will Cardiel hasn't been outside since he was a toddler. He's spent most of his life in his house with his severely anxious, agoraphobic mother Diane, with each room named after a different city and decorated with Will's artwork. But one day, an odd banging sound draws him outside, where he makes a friend named Jonah. When a local boy goes missing, Will and Jonah work to discover the truth.