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Bod was a child who lived among the ghosts, an outsider of the world. He was inbetween the "dead" and the living, defining him as just about "nobody," because he was neither dead or living.
He was also a loner from when he was a toddler, that made him an isolated child from the rest of the world.
Answer:
The explicit idea is stated in this sentence is "The families were still close and enjoyed spending time together. "
Explanation:
In these lines from "Kids Save the Day—'Heroes' Deemed by Coast Guard!" the author mentions that Simon and Hillary have been friends since they were kids and it is also mentioned that they keep in touch and ,in fact, they took a brief vacation of a week with their families at the beach, this means that not only the two friends are close but the complete two families are.