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In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highlyacclaimed Printz Honor author A. S. King explores the desperate reality ofa former child “star” struggling to break free of his anger. Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry:the day his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old life. Twelveyears later, he is still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entireworld got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues haveresulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him inthe special education room at school. No one cares that Gerald has tried tolearn to control himself; they’re all just waiting for him to snap. And he’sstarting to feel dangerously close to doing just that—until he chooses tocreate possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.
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Summary
Summary
A 2013 New York Times Editor’s Choice
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award, February 2014
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week, October 2013
In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highlyacclaimed Printz Honor author A. S. King explores the desperate reality ofa former child “star” struggling to break free of his anger.
Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry:the day his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old life. Twelveyears later, he is still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entireworld got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues haveresulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him inthe special education room at school. No one cares that Gerald has tried tolearn to control himself; they’re all just waiting for him to snap. And he’sstarting to feel dangerously close to doing just that—until he chooses tocreate possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
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Author Bio: A. S. King
A. S. King is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed novels for young adults. Her novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz earned a 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor and Ask the Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her “one of the best YA writers working today.” King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade.
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| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 7.62 |
| Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
| Language: | English |
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