How Do I Know What I Think Until I See What I Say?

I don't know how I discovered "The Grounding of Group Six" by Julian Thompson. I don't remember. I know that it happened in high school sometime, but unlike my discovery of "The Changeover" , my discovery of "Group Six" is clouded by the fog of the past. But I did. Thank God. Because "Group Six" is the book that showed me how to write multiple characters and points of view. And it's just plain awesome. "Group Six" is the story of five teenagers, each of whom is sent to a boarding school for not living up to their parents' expectations. It's a little Breakfast Club in the set-up - one of the kids is a delinquent, and one is a hippie chick, and one is even a nerd (and her story is particularly heartbreaking, let me tell you) - but these kids aren't stereotypes. Their backstories feel genuine and real. These are kids you could know. Anyway, because of their various problems with their parents, they are sent to