It is a hilarious scene, and one of several in the book. Both Archer and his muddy bum make their debut at the wedding, and on YouTube. He splits his skin-tight velvet shorts in the process. Lynette drags Archer out, making him fall. So of course she becomes one of his closest friends through middle school. He is caught out by the other ring bearer, Lynette Stanley, a bossy, no-nonsense girl his age. Archer’s mail-delivery, ruffly white velvet outfit is too small for him, and the embarrassed little boy decides to sit out the wedding by hiding under the porch. It is a porch wedding, the porch being that of Grandma Magill’s. But I get ahead of myself.Īrcher is six when he is a ring bearer at the wedding of the granddaughter of one of his grandmother’s friends. Some goods, some bads, and some in-betweens. Not in a saccharine, idealised, Leave it to Beaver* sort of way, but in the way families love each other in real life. His story has some highs, some lows, and some in-betweens, but what makes it memorable is how deeply he and his family – his grandparents, parents and uncle, in particular – care for each other. It begins with a wedding and ends with a wedding, and in between are six years of Archer Magill’s young life, narrated by the big-hearted and endearingly clueless schoolboy. The Best Man is an unapologetically American middle-grade novel set in Chicago, Illinois. Then it’s over before you’re ready.” – Archer Magill
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