Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he is still haunted by his rage-filled youth—, which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school.
Nothing is ever going to change. No one cares that he has tried to learn to control himself, and the girl he likes has no idea who he really is. Everyone is just waiting for him to snap…and he is starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that.
In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child “star” who finally breaks free of his anger by creating possibilities he never knew he deserved.
JL
A.S. King is the author of the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner, Ask the Passengers, Everybody Sees the Ants, a 2012 ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and Andre Norton Award nominee, and the Edgar Award nominated, 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Please Ignore Vera Dietz.
She is also the author of the ALA Best Books for Young Adults Dust of 100 Dogs, an adult short story collection, Monica Never Shuts Up, and the upcoming REALITY BOY (2013).
After a decade living self-sufficiently and teaching literacy to adults in Ireland, she now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and children.
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I just read my first A. S. King book the other day and now I can't wait to read more! I absolutely LOVED Please Ignore Vera Dietz! And Ask the Passengers is probably going to be my next!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read an A.S. King book yet :( better get busy with that.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read an A.S. King yet, but I have been wanting to for a while. They look fabulous and I really look forward to Reality Boy!
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I haven't read any but I would like to!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read King's books yet. I've been meaning to read Everybody Sees the Ants for a while now though because of the connection to Vietnam (I like war history). Just been too busy with school. Putting it on my "buy for Thanksgiving break" reading list though. :]
ReplyDeleteReality Boy sounds like a must read too. Very relevant to society right now. ^_^