This book is literally the fitness gram pacer test copy pasta in all 5 chapters

The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep] A single lap should be comple...

348 and dropping

the book is set in 1974 and it is from the perspective of a 9 year old called junior. he lives in a town called 'All Hallows Town', the population is dropping by the day...