Ah, brotherly love. It's the kind of thing to make you want to go out and hit a bucket of golf balls really hard. And when it doesn't hurt so much, it also keeps you laughing. Chris Lynch's The Big Game of Everything brings us a summer in the life of Jock and Egon, two brothers in a family of self-described freaks. Leonard, their dad, takes the day off from the barbershop, declaring, "This is a day no hairs will die." Meanwhile, their mom, Peach, bearhugs Egon and explains that his bursts of random violence are what make him "unconventionally sweet." But everyone takes a backseat to Grampus, who owns a 13-hole golf course and is working on a new invention -- the square baseball.

It is at Grampus' golf complex that Jock and Egon find themselves working for the summer, and it is two months full of mousing, chasing off hares, fighting off their nemeses (the wild, red-eyed Nobblett brothers), working on a nonexistent golf game (Jock's), and stealing a tractor to keep your inheritance (Egon's). It's a great ride, even if the only options are the golf cart or your bike. Just watch out for flying duffel bags.