The boy who grew flowers

A 1001 CBYMRBYGU.

I loved this story. Rink is a member of an odd little family that all have special talents. Rink's talent is the most special of all; during the full moon, he grows flowers all over his body. His mom would simply clip off the flowers the next morning and Rink would head off to school. One day, a new girl comes to town, Angelina Quiz, a girl in a family who are in the ballroom dancing business. Angelina has one leg that is shorter than the other. The story of how Rink and Angelina become friends is absolutely delightful. A book about special needs that makes special needs seem not only not strange but fun.

The Bowagons were the only folks
who lived on Lonesome Mountain.
The townspeople argued as to whether it
was because they were such strange folk that
they lived there, or whether it was because they
lived there that they were such strange folk.
However, everyone agreed that the Bowagon
clan was a hotbed of strange and exotic talents.
Rink's Uncle Dud liked to tame rattlesnakes,
and his brothers and cousins
were all shape-shifters.