The story ends when Armpit hears Kaira sing a song she wrote about him on the radio and accepts that his life cannot revolve around her instead, he decides to continue with his plan of taking small steps toward making a better life for himself. She decides to continue making music to recoup some of her finances. Jerome goes to jail, and Kaira discovers her mother's best friend has stolen her savings. After Kaira is safe and Armpit has returned to Texas, he is interviewed again by Detective Newberg, who admits she figured out about the scalping ring but will not be pressing charges. The attack continues until Armpit and Kaira's bodyguard intervenes. Later Kaira's manager and stepfather, Jerome "El Genius" Paisley, attacks Kaira with a metal bat as part of a plan to steal her money. Armpit meets Kaira in San Francisco and asks her for a new letter to sell, but she feels like he's using her, and they have an argument. They threaten to expose Armpit unless he gives them a letter from Kaira. Kaira invites Armpit to San Francisco, but before he goes, he is attacked by members of the scalping ring.
Later, Armpit is questioned by Detective Debbie Newberg of the Austin Police Department, and he invents a fake suspect to avoid getting accused of ticket scalping. X-ray later reveals that he sold the original tickets and the ones he gave Armpit were photocopies he returns the profit to Armpit. When singer Kaira finds out, she invites them backstage, and she later forms a friendship with Armpit. Ginny has a seizure, which the officers misinterpret as a reaction to drugs. When they present the tickets, they turn out to be counterfeit, and Armpit is beaten and handcuffed by police officers. Armpit tries to use two tickets to impress a crush, who cannot go instead, he takes Ginny. He meets Rex "X-Ray" Washburn, a friend from Camp Green Lake, who asks for his help in a ticket scalping scheme for teen pop star Kaira DeLeon's upcoming concert. Three years after his release from Camp Green Lake, Theodore “Armpit” Johnson is living in Austin, Texas trying to build a stable lifestyle by working for a landscaping company and caring for his neighbor Ginny McDonald, a ten-year-old girl with cerebral palsy.
Stanley Yelnats, the main character of Holes, is only briefly and indirectly mentioned. It is a spinoff and the sequel to Holes, focusing on Theodore "Armpit" Johnson, a secondary character from Holes.
Small Steps is a 2006 novel for young adults by Louis Sachar, first published by Delacorte Books ( Dell).
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