title: Anyway*: *A Story About Me with 138 Footnotes, 27 Exaggerations, and 1 Plate of Spaghetti
author:  Arthur Salm 
description: "Conveys with keen perception the revelations that persona can be a choice and that people tend to take us as we offer ourselves; it's also sympathetically realistic about the need to calibrate that choice a little in the face of its consequences...The affable yet thoughtful treatment of shifting adolescent identity will ring true with kids thinking about changing their own reps, and it'll gratify readers that the nice guy definitely doesn't finish last."--"BCCB"<br /><br />"Everything about this book screams summer fun."--"The Washington Post"<br /><br />"In Max, Salm has created a likable everykid who's shy and caring, but who also possesses flashes of petulance, goofiness, self-doubt, and--yes--questionable decision making that make him very real. The 138 footnotes, set in a font that resembles hand-lettering, are smoothly integrated into the story and contribute to its easygoing, memoirlike pace."--"Publishers Weekly"<br /><br />...Salm has penned a deeply innovative tale that takes risks with the genre and succeeds wildly.
zlib_text: ### Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](part0001.html#UGI0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Blurb](part0002.html#1T140-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0003.html#2RHM0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Author’s Note](part0004.html#3Q280-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 1—Room at the
  Inn](part0005.html#4OIQ0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 2—Roomies](part0006.html#5N3C0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 3—Turned Down](part0007.html#6LJU0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 4—Just Friends](part0008.html#7K4G0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 5—It’s Over](part0009.html#8IL20-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 6—Don’t Look
  Back](part0010.html#9H5K0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 7—Alone with My
  Thoughts](part0011.html#AFM60-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 8—No Regrets](part0012.html#BE6O0-ff84082f93be48c1a2ed1063704f6031)
  
  
  [Chapter 9—Who Are Those
  Guys?](part0013.html#C