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310 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1818-7$16.99
(2)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Steve Nugent's therapist-ordered autobiography describes his stay in a home for suicidal teens and records the events that led to his committal--his mother's death from cancer, his brother's subsequent suicide, his dad's depression, and his own out-of-control behavior. Brutality mingles with moments of beauty in this horrific catalog of wounds and loss, related in Steve's poetic language.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2005