Dylan Siegel and. Jonah Poumazarian have been best friends since they met in preschool. “We do lots of fun things together,” says Dylan. “We like to play basketball and play on the swings. Jonah is super fun and nice.”
Dylan thinks having a friend like Jonah is “so chocolate bar.” “That means something is awesome (了 不起的),” explains Dylan.
When he found out on had a rare liver disease, Dylan wanted to do something to help his friend. 36 “People usually don’t write a book to help other people. That’s why I wanted to do it,” says Dylan.
In the book, Dylan wrote about things he and Jonah like to do. He figured that other kids would enjoy doing those things, too, and would understand how great — how “chocolate bar” 一 those things are in a friendship.
Dylan and Jonah are not just best friends. 37 When their school announced a special “good deeds” day, Dylan decided that was the day he was going to start selling his book.
He asked his mom and dad to make lots of copies. Then Dylan had another idea. He asked a local grocery store to donate (捐赠)real chocolate bars to sell in addition to the books. The store owner was happy to do it. 38 All the candy bars sold, too.
39 That day,Dylan raised $6,000! He gave the money to the University of Florida where Jonah's doctor and others are searching for a cure for the disease.
40 Soon Dylan started selling the book online. So far, he has donated more than $800,000 for liver disease research.
A. They are classmates, too.
B. News about Chocolate Bar spread quickly.
C. Chocolate Bar was so popular that Dylan sold all 200 copies.
D. I like to help my friends and that is the biggest chocolate bar.
E. That’s when he decided to create a book called Chocolate Bar.
F. Jonah’s parents are grateful that their son has such a good friend.
G. People were very generous with their money, and many made donations.